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India is preparing to celebrate a full year without any reported cases of polio
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2012/January/international_January446.xml§ion=internationalIndia to mark milestone in fight against polio (AP)
12 January 2012
NEW DELHI — India is preparing to celebrate a full year without any reported cases of polio. The milestone Friday is a major victory in a global eradication effort that appeared to be stalled just a few years ago.
If no previously undisclosed cases of the crippling disease are discovered across the country, India will no longer be considered a polio endemic country. That leaves just Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria on that list.
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