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More people contracted and died of AIDS in 2003 than any year previously recorded. Asia accounted for more than 20 percent of the five million new AIDS cases. And despite funding increases to fight the disease, prevention programs still reach fewer than one in five people worldwide. Officials at the international AIDS conference this week in Thailand will work to stem the tide.

AIDS conference steps up battle against disease

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