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Chicago Tribune - July 30, 2008
Seven of the 15 poor countries receiving assistance from Washington's global anti-AIDS programs have fewer infected people than the 500,000 U.S. blacks who are HIV-positive, the report said. The U.S. is spending $402 million this year to combat AIDS among minorities, according to an administration representative.
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