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(From Agence France Presse)
Scientists, businessmen and community leaders were to discuss ways to defeat AIDS at a South African conference but bickering between politicians and activists urging easier access to anti-AIDS drugs is threatening to overshadow the event.
The four-day symposium in the east coast city of Durban had a rowdy opening ceremony with members of the audience taunting South African Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang with comments like "shame on you" and "AIDS treatment now" as she addressed the delegates.
The government has come under heavy criticism for failing to roll out a national treatment plan for AIDS sufferers, …