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DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria's president sacked a deputy prime minister who met Western officials to discuss the possibility of holding a peace conference, saying he acted without permission. The Tuesday decree was the latest blow to diplomatic efforts to bring the country's warring parties to the negotiating table.
The sacking came as the U.N.'s health agency said it confirmed 10 polio cases in northeast Syria — the first confirmed outbreak of the highly contagious disease in the country in 14 years. Officials warned the disease threatened to spread among an estimated half-million children who have never received immunization because of the 2 ½ year civil war.
SOURCE: AP
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The sacking came as the U.N.'s health agency said it confirmed 10 polio cases in northeast Syria — the first confirmed outbreak of the highly contagious disease in the country in 14 years. Officials warned the disease threatened to spread among an estimated half-million children who have never received immunization because of the 2 ½ year civil war.
SOURCE: AP
Read more at http://news.yahoo.com/syria-sacks-deputy-pm-met-us-officials-144317083.html