<div><p>Fifty three million children, including every child in Nigeria, are being targeted by a mass immunisation drive against polio in eight west African countries, the UN Children's Fund said Friday.</p><p>More than 162,000 people were being mobilised to administer the oral vaccines to under five year-olds ...

<div><p>Kenya on Wednesday issued a polio alert after a rare case was confirmed in a young girl in a northern region near the border with Sudan, a health official said.</p><p>Public health director Shahnaaz Shariff announced plans for an emergency vaccination following the diagnosis of wild polio virus ...

<div id="subtitle">Kenya toddler is first polio infection in 20 years; officials to launch immunization campaign</div><div><p>Kenya announced its first polio infection in 20 years on Wednesday, after a 4-year-old girl was diagnosed with the disease along the country's remote border with Sudan.</p>&lt ...

<div>=(Graphic+Picture)=<p>Amid all the hoopla over the Oscar nomination sweep by "Slumdog Millionaire," there's a real-life Indian tale of beating the odds that is also vying for the prized golden statuette.</p><p>A 38-minute US film called "The Final Inch" has been nominated in the best short ...