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AIDS POSTER REFUSED

Luxembourg has given Michaelangelo's naked David statue a 90s look. The Ministry of Health launched an AIDS awareness poster campaign last month featuring a close-up of David's private parts. But because of the recent pedophilia scandal in neighboring Belgium, poster contractor JC Decaux refused to run the campaign because the company felt the ad was insensitive. Mark Detroux of Belgium is on trial for his part in a string of pedophilia cases and murders that first came to light last September. Decaux did agree to compromise with the ministry and a poster featuring the whole statue of David wearing a condom went up in place of the original artwork.

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