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...disease may be just beyond humanity's grasp. Three years ago, Africa was on track to meet the World Health Organization's (WHO) objective of a polio-free planet by 2005?only 82 cases were reported. A year later, new cases had almost tripled, with most occurrences in Nigeria, after immunizations were curtailed due to rumors that the program was a Western plot to sterilize Muslim girls. By the end of 2003, another 447 children in Africa had been paralyzed, and health officials are worried the tide has turned against them. "This year is the real nail biter," says...
...Pumping Dissent Workers protesting the rising cost of fuel held a general strike in Nigeria, paralyzing the capital Abuja. Union officials claimed the government failed to execute a court order to cut gasoline prices...
...significant boost to an existing initiative, the School of Public Health was granted $107 million over the next five years from President Bush’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief to fight HIV/AIDS in Africa. This funding for the Treatment Care and Prevention Initiative in Botswana, Nigeria and Tanzania will allow doctors to better treat patients, according to Professor of Immunology and Infectious Disease Phyllis Kanki, one of the leaders of the initiative...
...backed trial of 13 suspects indicted for war crimes committed during the 1991-2002 civil war opened in the capital, Freetown. Progovernment militia leaders were first to stand accused of atrocities, with rebels - including alleged backer Charles Taylor, the former President of Liberia who is currently in exile in Nigeria - scheduled to follow. The opening marks the first time an international war-crimes tribunal has convened in the country where the war took place. Some 50,000 people died during Sierra Leone's conflict. City Under Siege PAKISTAN A general strike brought Karachi to a standstill. It was called...
...country's military was disbanded, should be recalled and integrated into an Iraqi civil-defense corps. Otherwise, the sacked soldiers will remain idle and could become saboteurs. I salute all the coalition troops, especially those who paid the ultimate price in fighting for freedom for Iraq. Gibson Ikanone Warri, Nigeria...