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Pakistan launches nationwide anti-polio vaccination campaign

Islamabad, Aug 19 (UNI) Pakistan on Friday launched a nationwide anti-polio vaccination campaign targeting millions of children under the age of five in an effort to eradicate the crippling disease from the country.

Thousands of polio workers will be engaged in the vaccination drive to inoculate the children at their doorstep in all four provinces, with a special focus on high-risk districts across the country, according to government health officials.
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8 Kenyan military officers killed in plane crash

18 Apr 2024 | 10:55 PM

Nairobi, Apr 18 (UNI) A military helicopter crashed in northwestern Kenya on Thursday, resulting in the deaths of at least eight senior officers, a security source has confirmed.

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Zambia, WHO seek to strengthen cooperation to fight cervical cancer

18 Apr 2024 | 9:22 PM

Lusaka, Apr 18 (UNI) Zambia and the World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday pledged to strengthen cooperation in the fight against cervical cancer in the southern African country.

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Iran vows tit-for-tat response should Israel attack its nuke sites

18 Apr 2024 | 9:19 PM

Tehran, Apr 18 (UNI) A senior Iranian military commander threatened on Thursday to target Israel's "nuclear facilities" should it attack Iran's nuclear sites.

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4 gov't officials killed in terrorist attack in NW Pakistan

18 Apr 2024 | 9:13 PM

Islamabad, Apr 18 (UNI) Four officials of Pakistan Customs were killed and two other people injured in a terrorist attack in the country's northwest Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Thursday, police officials said.

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Iran may reconsider nuclear policy over threats from Israel

18 Apr 2024 | 5:34 PM

Tehran, April 18 (UNI) Iran may reconsider its nuclear policy in the light of the threat from Israel, Iran's a senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander Ahmad Haghtalab said on Thursday.

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