SAVE MONEY ON TRAVEL DEALS

King Mswati III, with a fortune estimated at $200 million, is also celebrating his 40th birthday. The event has prompted protests drawing thousands into the streets of Swaziland's two biggest cities, The New York Times reported.

Media reports of Mswati's 13 wives receiving new luxury cars and going on foreign shopping trips via chartered airplanes have angered some in a country where the monarch is still largely revered, the newspaper said. Some 1,500 protesters marched through the capital of Ludzidzini recently, it reported.

Critics say poverty and malnourishment has worsened in Swaziland, in part because of an AIDS epidemic, and average life expectancy has fallen from 60 years in 1997 to barely half that now.

"The king spends our money and is not answerable to anyone!" Mario Masuku, the head of an outlawed political party, told the newspaper.

 BREAKING STORIES

Haiti to host international AIDS event

China says 264,000 have HIV/AIDS

Foreign TV crew attacked in China

French claim to need largest condoms

Undesirable gay men may have riskier sex

Selenium slows AIDS virus spread

Study checks toll of S. Africa's AIDS plan

Thousands may die of AIDS in Myanmar

Suit says HIV-positive girl bullied

233,000 Americans don't know they have HIV

Penn: Milk would've helped in AIDS crisis

More at-risk teens engaging in anal sex

Group: Zimbabwe in healthcare crisis

Chronic illness can result in anger

Study: Injection site saves lives, funds

Chicago patient sues over HIV kidney

Actress Theron named peace envoy for U.N.

Chile failed to inform 2,000 of HIV

T-cell-based HIV-1 vaccine found effective

Engineered T cells might help fight HIV