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An Istanbul court has rejected "murder" charges pressed by the mother of an HIV victim, who claimed that the virus was transmitted to her son by his religiously married wife, who hid her condition. 

December 1 is HIV day with the spotlight cast on an epidemic that is worsening despite revolutionary advances.

Charlie Sheen revealed he is HIV-positive, speaking with Matt Lauer on the Today show. “I’m here to admit that I am in fact HIV-positive,” said Sheen. “It’s a hard three letters to absorb. It’s a turning point in one’s life.”

Sheen had learnt he was a carrier of the virus four years ago and said he was always honest about his status with sexual partners.

The Health Ministry is repealing a controversial legal provision that was issued three years ago ?to curb the spread of infectious diseases? but was widely condemned for stigmatizing women with HIV, particularly prostitutes.

 After peak of 2012, KEELPNO data show decline in first half of 2014

After a spiralling outbreak of HIV in crisis-hit Greece that peaked in 2012, figures from the first half of the year indicate a drop in infections by the AIDS-causing virus among drug users.