South African AIDS Campaigner Not Betting on Nobel

Zackie Achmat and the Treatment Action Campaign, the AIDS activist group he leads, are among contenders for this year's Nobel Peace Prize. TAC has fought a long battle with South Africa's government, which until late last year resisted giving antiretroviral drugs to AIDS patients. Achmat, who is HIV-positive, has said he does not expect to win, but, "If we would be so lucky to get it, it would give enormous recognition to people living with HIV, but that has already been achieved with the nomination." The UN's International Atomic Energy Agency and its leader, Mohamed ElBaradei, are widely viewed as the favorites for this year's prize, which is worth about $1.36 million. The winner will be announced Friday in Oslo.

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