Aids virus source 'traced to Haiti'


	Aids virus source 'traced to Haiti'

arifsali

10-30-2007 11:12 AM

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aids, medical, haiti, africa, united states

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10-31-2007 1:32 AM

TigerClaws

Yeah, thats true.. blame it all on the blacks!! lol..

I wonder if the americans die also because of some sort of phenomenon brought from Haiti or someplace else!!

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