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Pakistani PM kicks off nationwide anti-polio campaign for 2025

Islamabad, Feb 3 (UNI) Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday kicked off a nationwide anti-polio campaign for the year 2025, reaffirming his government's determination to completely eliminate the polio disease from the South Asian country.
The immunisation campaign, which will run from Feb. 3 to Feb. 9, would target millions of children in the country to save their future and health, the prime minister said while addressing the launching ceremony.
He said that polio teams would reach the far-flung areas and villages across the country to eradicate the disease, hoping that the teams would successfully meet the huge national responsibility by utilising their complete energies.
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Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan, Mar 18 (UNI) The counter-narcotics police burned 7.5 tons of illicit drugs in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province on Monday, provincial police spokesman Mullah Ezatullah Haqqani said Tuesday.

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6 killed in aircraft crash off Honduran island of Roatan

6 killed in aircraft crash off Honduran island of Roatan

18 Mar 2025 | 12:40 PM

Mexico City, Mar 18 (UNI) At least six people were killed after a small plane lost control and crashed on Monday evening upon taking off from Roatan Island in northern Honduras, said Octavio Pineda, minister of Infrastructure and Transportation of Honduras.

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Houthis target U S aircraft carrier for 3rd time in 48 hrs amid U S airstrikes

18 Mar 2025 | 12:29 PM

Sanaa, Mar 18 (UNI) Yemen's Houthi group has targeted a U.S. aircraft carrier in the northern Red Sea for the third time in the past 48 hours, as the U.S. military launched fresh airstrikes on the Houthi-held capital Sanaa, said the group on Tuesday.

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Starmer, Carney pledge to strengthen UK-Canada ties

Starmer, Carney pledge to strengthen UK-Canada ties

18 Mar 2025 | 12:28 PM

London, Mar 18 (UNI) British Prime Minister Keir Starmer met with visiting Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday as both leaders looked forward to "strengthening ties."
Starmer stressed that "the UK and Canada are the closest of sovereign allies and friends," according to a statement released by Downing Street.

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