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The global aids epidemic has
spawned its share of conspiracy theories, particularly in Africa, where the scale of the catastrophe has combined with leaders willingness to duck responsibility to produce a sub-epidemic of scapegoating. But the latest charges from Libyas Muammar Gaddafi in the case of 393 children infected with HIV at a hospital in the city of Benghazi are unique in their outlandishness and their consequences for the accused. In a trial that finally began last month at the Libyan Peoples Court in Tripoli after two years of delay, prosecutors are accusing six Bulgarian medics, one...