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Article: African religious leaders meet to discuss AIDS crisis, insist that abstinence is best

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Dateline: NAIROBI, Kenya Religious leaders from across Africa opened a conference in Kenya' s capital Monday to discuss how best to prevent the spread of HIV. All readily agreed that abstinence and fidelity, not condoms, was the best solution.

The World Conference on Religion and Peace brought together more than 150 Roman Catholic, Ethiopian Orthodox, Protestant, Muslim and Hindu religious leaders to share their experience in the treatment and prevention of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

The group hopes to promote inter-religious cooperation to improve the efficiency of religious aid and outreach programs for people with HIV. AIDS is the leading cause of death in ...

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