Pop legend rails against ‘obscenity’ of two worlds

THE inequity between the two worlds we live in is an obscenity, according to singer and Academy Award-winning songwriter Annie Lennox.

Tue, 07 Oct, 2008 - 01:00

The solo artist and lead singer of the musical duo Eurythmics was addressing an international forum on children affected by HIV and Aids in Dublin yesterday.

The forum heard that more than 1,000 children are infected daily with HIV and more than 15 million have lost one or both parents to Aids worldwide.

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