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 CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - Laura Bush praised HIV-positive mothers for working to wipe away the stigma attached to their disease and urged African women to take control of their sexual lives, talking candidly of sensitive topics Tuesday on her visit to Africa.
Mrs. Bush's day took her from her luxury hotel in glittering downtown Cape Town a short distance into the extremely poor Khayelitsha township, with its dusty streets and tin-and-tar paper shacks — the site of protests over housing conditions the day before with roads blocked by burning tires.
Her motorcade appeared a curiosity but not a major attraction as it sped through Khayelitsha with screaming police escort. She was greeted exuberantly inside the health complex she was visiting.
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