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                       Gunmen Kill Pakistani Polio Worker

   Officials in northwestern Pakistan say gunmen have attacked a polio
   vaccination center, killing a health worker.
   Authorities say at least one other person was wounded in the attack
   Saturday on the outskirts of Peshawar, the capital of Khyber
   Pakhtunkhwa province.
   No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
   Militants frequently attack polio workers in Pakistan, accusing them of
   being Western spies or part of a plot to sterilize Muslims.
   The disease is highly infectious and can cause irreversible paralysis.
   The Global Eradication Initiative says polio remains endemic in three
   countries - Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan. The Initiative says
   until poliovirus transmission is interrupted in these countries, all
   countries remain at risk of importation of polio.
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