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Bill Gates Foundation to support Pak to eradicate polio

PESHAWAR: Pakistan has received an assurance from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that it will fully back the government''s efforts to eradicate the crippling disease.



Peshawar: Pakistan has received an assurance from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that it will fully back the government's efforts to eradicate the crippling disease. A two member delegation of the $42 billion foundation, one of the main contributors for Polio Eradication Initiativein Pakistan, here called on Senior Minister for Health Shahram Khan Tarakai and assured all out support to the government on behalf of the foundation in polio eradication. PTI

Attack in Somali capital ahead of Turkish Prez visit     
Mogadishu:
At least five persons were killed on Thursday in a suicide car bombing against a hotel in Mogadishu on the eve of a visit to the Somali capital by Turkey's President. Sources in the hotel, situated close to the heavily-fortified presidential palace, said there were around 70 members of a Turkish delegation in the hotel at the time, but none of them was hurt. AFP

53,000 officials probed for graft in China in 2014  
Beijing:
China's disgraced former security czar was among the 53,000 officials being investigated for corruption in the first 11 months of 2014, under a major anti-graft campaign launched by President Xi Jinping. Zhou Yongkang, a top security official during former President Hu Jintao's regime, was being probed along with his relatives for corruption. PTI

Yemen President quits under pressure from rebels    
Sanaa:
Yemen's President on Thursday resigned under pressure from Shia rebels who seized the capital in September and have confined the embattled leader to his home for the past two days. Presidential officials said Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, a close US ally in the fight against Yemen's powerful Al-Qaida affiliate, submitted his resignation to Parliament after being pressured to make further concessions to the rebels, known as Houthis, who are widely believed to be backed by Iran, charges they deny. AFP

Zia may be tried for killings during unrest: Hasina 
Dhaka:
Bangladesh Opposition leader Khaleda Zia could be tried for the killings of about 30 people during the recent anti-government protests, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said. "It will be logical to bring her (Zia) under the purview of law...for giving order of the killings," Hasina told Parliament last night. PTI

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