S. Africa curbs AIDS minister influence
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060909/ap_on_he_me/south_africa_aids"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060906/capt.96b218e58f5b4a5f935fe22d310fd23b.south_africa_aids_protest_joh101.jpg?x=94&y=130&sig=fukfJR3osTufmWjYPwtOCw--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="South African Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang addresses a news conference in this Oct. 2000 file photo. More than 80 international scientists and academics condemned South Africa's AIDS policies as ineffective and immoral and called for the firing of Tshabalala-Msimang in a letter to President Thabo Mbeki released Wednesday Sept. 6, 2006. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)" border="0" /></a>AP - The government scaled back the influence of its embattled minister for AIDS policy after a group of international scientists labeled South Africa's program inefficient and immoral and called for her to be fired.</p><br clear="all"/>