Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Landmarks Turn Red to Highlight World AIDS Day

Health workers and students release balloons after they staged a march through the Philippine capital to spread awareness about AIDS during the World AIDS day in Manila December 1, 2010. REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo
More than 80 landmarks across 13 countries - Including fountains in London's Trafalgar Square and the Empire State Building in New York - It will be illuminated in red is on Wednesday Thurs mark World AIDS Day.
AIDS charity (RED) is behind the Initiative, Which Aims Thurs remind people of the drive to put a stop Thurs mother-to-child HIV transmission by 2015.

"Our awareness campaign is a rallying cry for the World to Work Together Thurs help us Achieve this goal attainable and critical," said International Chief Executive of the charity Seb Bishop.

The event was launched on Tuesday evening in Sydney, M Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard Along with a rock star and the (RED) supporter Bono lit up the city's opera house.

From there, the Baton Will Be Passed around the globe, time zone by time zone, until it Reaches Los Angeles, stopping at the Tokyo Tower in Tokyo, the Table Mountain in South Africa, the Hotel de Ville in Paris, Madrid's Puerta de Alcala, The CN Tower in Toronto, Canada, the Washington Monument and others.

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