. >> christa wolf grew up in the 1930's in what is now western poland. she studied the literature and worked for a publisher before starting to write for herself. her breakthrough came in the 1960's, but her strong subjective writing style was met with increasing criticism. she moved to the countryside, where writing became a means of self discovery. many of her novels reflect faces of her life. >> i have never wanted a different life than i have had. if i had my time again, i like to be smarter and do lots of things differently. if you could bring this wisdom along, it would not be the same life. >> stay with us. i will be right back with our in-depth report. >> stick around parid. >>> welcome back. as the world marks world's aids day, the fight against hiv is entering its fourth decade. progress is being made in many parts of the world with infections and death rates falling. first, a report on the region where the problem is still getting worse. in eastern europe, infections have been rising quickly over the past 10 years, mainly in the heterosexual c