The concert of international pop icon Madonna scheduled Sunday in Dusseldorf, Germany, will be monitored by German prosecutors to determine whether a mock crucifixion during the performance is offensive to religious beliefs.

However, the prosecutors say they will not be watching the show live, but rather rely on media reports to conclude their observations.

India's Border Guarding Force (BGF), generally called Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), has received an intelligence report that Pakistan's Inter-State Intelligence (ISI) is planning to spread AIDS virus among the Indian army personnel.

Indian military officials said that ISI would take the help of some militant organization for the implementation its plan. They also asked army personnel and members of para-military forces to frustrate the ISI plan by practising safe sex.

Meas My, a HIV-positive Cambodian man jailed for 10 years, as his wife charged him for having sex without using condom.

The 40-year-old man was arrested in January last year after his wife complained to police about his refusal to use a condom during sex.

A 12-year-old boy, who tested HIV positive last week, was tied to his bed at a hospital in the northern Indian city of Meerut.The HIV positive boy had been in a local children's jail for the last three months after committing a robbery.

On asking why the boy was punished for being HIV positive, hospital management answered they were not equipped to handle AIDS patients.

As part of a project to raise HIV/AIDS awareness in India, prostitutes who are routinely checked at a sexual health clinic are being awarded with discount shopping cards.

The United Nation's AIDS-prevention agency recently said India has the highest number of people infected with HIV worldwide, with approximately 5.7 million people living with the virus.