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But certainly in Uganda, Mozambique and South Africa, people don't really talk about sex and certainly religious leaders - some of them - up to now have been very unwilling to accept, for instance, the promotion of condom use
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Emma Thompson
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: April 15
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