Strange bedfellows: In one of the more unusual geopolitical love-ins of recent times, the Vatican and several conservative Islamic nations, including Iran, Syria, Libya and Pakistan, have joined forces in opposition to a UN AIDS treaty, because the treaty includes specific measures to help homosexuals, prostitutes and drug users, and thus would "legitimise their status and offend moral standards". Curiously enough, John Howard's Australia hasn't opposed the treaty yet; though we can probably expect them to follow after George W. Bush comes out against it.

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