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The Associated Press - Saturday, August 31, 1996; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020.
About 250 people watched as Cardinal Maurice Otunga and two gynecologists prayed and sang before setting fire to several boxes of condoms and 100 copies of pamphlets promoting safe sex.
The pamphlets encouraged condom use to fight the spread of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
The World Health Organization estimates that 1 million of Kenya's 26 million people are infected with HIV, which can develop into full-blown AIDS, or acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
The virus usually spreads through sexual contact, contaminated blood and infected syringes. There is no known cure.
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