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A recently passed law in Durban addresses a morbid problem: because of a high death rate largely due to HIV, cemeteries have run out of space.

"When we went there to bury my mother, we can see the skeleton of someone else," one man says. Like many others, he opposes the rule on religious grounds.

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Last spring, experts thought it was possible swine flu would kill 1 out of every 100 people who got the virus.

But the death rate so far is around 1 out of every 2,000. The CDC says the number of children who've died is troublesome, however, and worries if people think the threat is over, they'll be less likely to get vaccinated.