Scientists rip S. African AIDS policies
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060906/ap_on_re_af/south_africa_aids_protest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060905/capt.b012f6b51fd94212adeffa106ef5dbc1.south_africa_russia_xth101.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=PaNQq.TtdjJmzmqbzTeTXA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="South African President Thabo Mbeki, left, welcomes his Russian counterpart President Vladimir Putin, right, before their meeting at Tuynhuys, Cape Town, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2006. Putin, arrived on Tuesday for a two-day visit expected to strengthen economic ties and political cooperation on issues like U.N. reform and the Iranian nuclear standoff. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)" border="0" /></a>AP - More than 80 international scientists and academics condemned South Africa's AIDS policies as ineffective and immoral and called for the firing of the health minister in a letter to President Thabo Mbeki released Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>