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Associated Press - December 2, 2007
In Pueblo, red ribbons were placed on the trees and bushes outside the Sangre de Cristo Arts and Conference Center.
The Pueblo Chieftain said about 30 people joined in a remembrance yesterday.
The Reverend John Mark Hild, who has been diagnosed with AIDS, was among them.
He considers himself one of the lucky ones because he is still alive.
A panel of health professionals and scientists will discuss the local and global implications of HIV and AIDS tomorrow at Colorado State University-Pueblo.
The Colorado World AIDS Day Coalition sponsored a gathering at the State Capital yesterday.
The coalition citing information from the state health department, says that as June 30, 15,027 people were diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in Colorado. Nearly 5,000 people have died.
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