House conservatives vie for clout over Boehner successor

McCarthy participates in a news conference after a Republican caucus meeting at the Capitol in WashingtonBy David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican lawmakers jockeyed for position on Sunday in the race to replace House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner as conservatives sought to exert influence over the election and push their party&;s leadership further to the right. The House Freedom Caucus, a group of the most conservative Republicans, hope to form a voting bloc of up to 60 members to rally around a single candidate for Boehner&039;s job and other leadership positions that open up. While the group has not identified a favored candidate, Representative Mick Mulvaney, a founding member, said on Sunday that House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy has the "inside track" to be the next speaker.

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WHO takes Nigeria off global list of polio-endemic countries

A woman administers an oral polio vaccine to a child in the Dawanau district of Kano, northern Nigera, during an immunization campaign, October 28, 2013The World Health Organization on Friday took Nigeria off the list of polio-endemic countries, hailing a "historic achievement" more than a year after the last recorded case of the disease in Africa&;s most populous nation. The announcement, made in a statement and at a meeting of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in New York, leaves just two countries — Pakistan and Afghanistan — on the list. The last case was in the Sumaila district of Kano state, northern Nigeria, on July 24, 2014.

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