JOHANNESBURG, July 2, 2008 (AFP) - South African AIDS patients in Durban are under siege from drug addicts who rob them of their antiretroviral treatment to get high, the provincial health department said Wednesday.

WASHINGTON, July 1, 2008 (AFP) - Anti-retroviral drug therapy has slashed AIDS death rates in the first five years after infection to equal the normal death rates in developed countries, scientists said Tuesday.

LONDON, June 27, 2008 (AFP) - A star-studded cast of artists helped Nelson Mandela celebrate his 90th birthday with a giant concert in London on Friday in support of his 46664 AIDS campaign.

Queen, Amy Winehouse, Will Smith and Annie Lennox were among the performers in Hyde Park for the gig, which was broadcast around the world.

LONDON, June 27, 2008 (AFP) - A star-studded cast of artists helped Nelson Mandela to celebrate his 90th birthday with a giant concert in London on Friday in support of his global AIDS campaign.

Queen, Amy Winehouse and Annie Lennox were among the performers at the Hyde Park gig for the former South African president's 46664 campaign, which was being broadcast around the world.

LONDON, June 27, 2008 (AFP) - Nelson Mandela made an emotional appeal Friday for new leaders to take forward his lifelong struggle against poverty, sickness and oppression, in a speech at his 90th birthday concert in London.

Joined on stage by all the artists performing, Mandela said it was time for 'new hands to lift the burdens.'

LONDON, June 27, 2008 (AFP) - A star-studded cast of artists helped Nelson Mandela to celebrate his 90th birthday with a giant concert in London on Friday in support of his global AIDS campaign.

Queen, Amy Winehouse and Annie Lennox were among the performers at the Hyde Park gig for the former South African president's 46664 campaign, which was being broadcast around the world.

LONDON, June 27, 2008 (AFP) - A star-studded cast of artists were celebrating Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday with a giant concert in London on Friday in support of his global AIDS campaign.

LONDON, June 27, 2008 (AFP) - A star-studded cast of artists gathered Friday to celebrate Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday at a giant concert in London, in support of his global AIDS campaign.

Queen, Razorlight and Annie Lennox were among musicians performing at the gig for the former South African president's 46664 campaign against HIV/AIDS, to be broadcast around the globe.

UNITED NATIONS, June 9, 2008 (AFP) - People suffering from both AIDS and tuberculosis (TB) are more likely to die of TB, a Zambian infected with HIV said here Monday.

Winstone Zulu, an AIDS/TB activist, told a press conference that four brothers, who like him were diagnosed with both AIDS and tuberculosis, had died because they did not have access to treatment for TB.

HARARE, June 8, 2008 (AFP) - Zimbabwe's suspension of aid work before a presidential run-off will especially hurt HIV patients in the country, which has been hard hit by AIDS, a national association of NGOs said Sunday.