U.N. halts polio drive in Pakistan, cites attacks
Posted: December 20, 2012 at 3:24 a.m.
The United Nations suspended all polio-related field activities in Pakistan on Wednesday after more attacks on public-health workers attempting to immunize children. Two people were killed and another wounded around the northwestern city of Peshawar.
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