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...press statement introducing his latest album observes, in all seriousness: "He can't say himself how many times he has been married since his return from prison, and God alone knows how many children he has fathered throughout the Balkans." The gypsy diva of the Czech Republic, Vera Bila, meanwhile, has performed at the Hollywood Bowl and London's Barbican. But until a few years ago she was working odd jobs cooking and cleaning. Whatever the roots of their popularity, these musicians may be helping preserve the cultural traditions of an entire region. Bands like Taraf learned their craft while...
Nowhere is AIDS more widespread than in Africa, where WHO estimates that 50,000 people already suffer from the disease and that at least 1 million more are infected with the virus. Said Bila Kapita, an AIDS expert from Kinshasa, Zaire: "Today we know that AIDS is almost everywhere in Africa, especially central Africa. The question is, Why does Africa seem to be such a hot spot?" No answer was forthcoming. In Africa, AIDS strikes men and women in nearly equal numbers and, Kapita said, seems to be primarily spread by heterosexual contact...
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