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President renews commitment to combat AIDS in second term

    JOHANNESBURG

    Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa renewed his commitment to the fight against HIV/AIDS and corruption on Sunday, saying halting new HIV infections would be at the top of his agenda if he were re-elected as President in 2006.

    Agence France-Presse quoted Mwanawasa as saying, "I pray that I should leave an HIV-free Zambia when I finish my term."

    Zambia has seen prevalence rates drop from 26 percent in the 1990s to a current 16 percent.

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