(task) Polio is no longer endemic in Nigeria, UN says - The Boston Globe

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Africa Resilience Initiatives. Polio, Health

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> Polio is no longer endemic in Nigeria, UN says
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> LAGOS — Nigeria on Saturday celebrated the announcement by the United Nations health agency that polio is no longer endemic in the West African country. The news of Nigeria’s progress, issued by the World Health Organization late Friday, leaves only Pakistan and its war-battered neighbor Afghanistan as countries where the disease is prevalent. Polio which can cause life-long paralysis can be prevented with a simple vaccination.
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> FRANCE
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> Journalists leave paper hit in attack
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> PARIS — Two journalists are leaving Charlie Hebdo, the satirical French newspaper whose staff was hard hit by a January terror massacre. Artistic director Renald Luzier, whose work appears under the name Luz, drew the cover cartoon — a weeping Mohammed, saying ‘‘All is forgiven’’ — in the issue after the Jan. 7 attack by Islamic extremists on the paper. Writer Patrick Pelloux said he is also leaving, probably in January. Twelve people died in the attack.
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> NEW ZEALAND
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> 2 foreign students killed kayaking
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> <>LAKE TEKAPO — A college student from New York and another from London died while kayaking in New Zealand, police said Saturday. Police area commander Dave Gaskin said the men were part of a group of 11 friends who got into trouble Friday while kayaking on Lake Tekapo. The students were attending Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. Police identified those who were killed as 21-year-old Daniel Hollnsteiner of New York and 20-year-old James Murphy of London.
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> POLAND
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> Russian criticized over war remark
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> WARSAW — The Russian ambassador to Poland has sparked outrage for putting some of the blame for World War II on Poland. Russian ambassador Sergey Andreev on Friday described the Soviet’s 1939 invasion of Poland as an act of self-defense, not aggression. The comment prompted Poland’s Foreign Ministry to declare Saturday that the ambassador ‘‘undermines historical truth’’ and seems to be trying to justify Stalinist crimes. World War II began after Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sealed an agreement in 1939 that included a secret provision to carve up Poland.
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> BURKINA FASO
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> Authorities freeze coup leaders’ funds
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> OUAGADOUGOU — Burkina Faso is freezing the assets of the leaders of the coup launched earlier this month, the state prosecutor said Saturday. An investigation will determine who will stand trial for the short-lived rebellion, the prime minister announced earlier. The presidential guard which lauched the coup has been disbanded.
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> THAILAND
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> 2 men held in blast will be prosecuted
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> BANGKOK — Thai police said Saturday that two men who were arrested in August’s deadly Bangkok bombing were the ones who carried out the attack and authorities have gathered enough evidence to prosecute them. Authorities said they are confident that the two men in custody, identified as Adem Karadag and Mieraili Yusufu, are responsible for the bombing at the Erawan Shrine on Aug. 17 that killed 20 people and injured more than 120. Police are seeking at least 15 other people in connection with the case.