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| | INDIA-AIDS: Commerical Sex Makes Inroads Into Traditional Culture |
 | | DIMAPUR, India, Aug 11 (IPS) - By the side of the railway track, and very close to the busy train station here in this north- eastern Indian town, is a cluster of bamboo huts, each a tiny island in slimy, stagnant pools of water. |
 | | In the state of Nagaland, Dimapur is one of the north-east's most important trading centres, with a large migrant population and a big military base, both of which provide sex workers with regular business. |
 | | Dr Lanu Aier, medical officer, STD/AIDS, at the Dimapur Civil Hospital, who runs a clinic in Railway Bazaar, said there were small pockets in Dimapur where the flesh trade was concentrated and many of the women belonged to a floating population which travelled to Assam and back and also to other states. |
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