(AP) Glenn McKenzie - The northern Islamic state of Kano in Nigeria that is at the heart of a spreading Africa polio outbreak declared Sunday it would not relent on its boycott of a mass vaccination program, which it called a U.S. plot to spread AIDS and infertility among Muslims. Globally, the World Health Organization says the standoff endangers a massive effort that had worked toward stamping out polio entirely.
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