Life & Culture -- December 2, 2005

• Bird flu quarantine lifted in NE. China's province
• Chinese Oscar candidate film to be adapted to Broadway musical
• China launches campaign to spread AIDS prevention knowledge
• Chinese AIDS patients longing for better anti-viral drugs
• Ethiopia indefinitely bans live chicken, chicken products imports

• Malaysian government approves funds for fighting bird flu
• Rapid diagnostic kit for HIV launched in Singapore
• South Africa marks World AIDS Day
• Shanghai reports 356 HIV cases this year
• WHO adds two HIV/AIDS medicines to prequalified list

• WHO bans recruitment of smokers