Richard Gere Dances with Indian Sex Workers

Leave it to the American Gigolo himself to reach out to thousands of prostitutes in a dusty fairground in Mumbai.

"No condom, no sex. No condom, no sex. No condom, no sex," Gere hollered into a microphone as about 10,000 prostitutes gathered at a dusty Mumbai fairground joined him in chorus.

The actor, dressed in a brown jacket and black trousers, presented awards to sex workers in recognition of their work on various HIV/AIDS intervention programs.

"This is unfathomable. This will not happen in the U.S. or Europe, or even in Asia."

The United Nations' says 5.7 million Indians are living with HIV/AIDS, the world's largest caseload. Many of those infected are prostitutes.

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Good Samaritan - 62 Years Later

Man's Wallet Returned After 62 Years

Ray Heilwagen has his wallet back, 62 years after he lost it in France during World War II. Stephen Breitenstein's father, who also served in France during World War II, recently died. Digging through his father's possessions — ironically on Veteran's Day — Stephen Breitenstein found the old wallet. He figured his dad found it during the war and brought it home, hoping to find the owner. Not knowing how to do so, he left it in a drawer for more than six decades.

Using the Internet, Breitenstein tracked down Heilwagen. After their phone conversation, he mailed the wallet to him.

As for Breitenstein, "I was impressed that a stranger would go to such trouble to locate me and return my wallet," Heilwagen said.

I would have removed the French Francs first. And then asked for a reward.