Hillary Clinton cancels Mideast trip due to illness

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By ReutersWASHINGTON - Secretary of State  Hillary Clinton has canceled her trip to Morocco this week for a meeting on the  future of Syria's opposition because of a stomach virus, the State Department  said on Monday.

Deputy Secretary of State Bill Burns will travel to the  meeting in her place.

"Since she's still under the weather, we'll be  staying put this week instead of heading to North Africa and the Middle East as  originally planned," State Department spokesman Philippe Reines said in a  statement.


Follow @NBCNewsWorld "In her place, Deputy Secretary Burns will travel to  Marrakech for the Friends of the Syrian People meeting. We will let you know  when she shakes this bug and resumes a public schedule," he said.

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