The charity foundation of computer billionaire Bill Gates said on Tuesday that it would donate $100 million to a global fund that aims to stop the spread of AIDS and other diseases ravaging developing countries. "As we reflect on 20 years of AIDS and the 22 million lives it already has claimed, we believe that there is no higher priority than stopping transmission of this deadly disease," the Microsoft founder said in a statement. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will pay the money over an unspecified number of years to support a new campaign against AIDS launched by United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan in April.
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