Middle East – Protests over Saudi execution of Shiite cleric turn deadly in Iraq – France 24

{No question any longer that Saudi Arabia aids ISIS and its terrorism by further dividing Sunni and Shia Muslims.}

The spark for Sunday’s attacks appears to have been Nimr’s execution a day earlier, which triggered angry reactions in Shi’ite-led Iraq and Iran.Saudi Arabia cut ties with regional rival Iran on Sunday after protesters attacked the kingdom’s embassy in Tehran. Bahrain, the Shi’ite-majority Gulf state ruled by a Sunni family, and Sudan followed suit on Monday.The attack on a mosque in central Hilla destroyed its dome and several walls, according to a Reuters TV cameraman who visited the site. Provincial council member Falah al-Khafaji and a police source said a guard in the building was killed.“We saw smoke rising from the dome of the mosque. We found all the walls destroyed and the furniture inside in shambles,” said resident Uday Hassan Ali.Another mosque in Hilla’s northern outskirts was also attacked, and a Sunni cleric was killed in a separate incident in Iskandariya, about 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, Khafaji and the police source said.“We have leads and security measures will be taken near mosques,” said Khafaji, pledging to rebuild the buildings.

Source: Middle East – Protests over Saudi execution of Shiite cleric turn deadly in Iraq – France 24

Islamic Development Bank supports polio elimination with $90 million grant | Vaccine News

The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) recently granted $90 million in funds to help Pakistan implement the latest step of its polio elimination program through 2018. This decision was made by the IDB’s board of executive directors during a meeting at their headquarters in Jeddah. At the meeting, they evaluated the program’s status and chose to donate the finances. The IDB previously promised $227 million so that Pakistan could implement various disease elimination programs until 2015. In the past year, approximately 80 percent of the world’s wild poliovirus cases were located in Pakistan. A report from the World Health Organization showed serious vaccination gaps inside South Waziristan, Peshawar, Khyber Agency, northern Sindh, Karachi, and regions in Balochistan.

Source: Islamic Development Bank supports polio elimination with $90 million grant | Vaccine News

Attempting To Bring Affordable Medicine To Every Lebanese And Refugee in Lebanon

A Separate State of Mind | A Blog by Elie Fares

As I’m starting my career in medicine in Lebanon, I noticed that the biggest hurdle facing patients is accessibility. This can take many forms. For the few that I serve at the tertiary center where I work, such issues are second rate: many of them can afford the healthcare provided at my institution and wouldn’t bat an eyelash at the thought that there are actually others in their country who are not as fortunate.

But the truth is that the healthcare sector in Lebanon is a tragedy. The numbers speak for themselves: Almost half of the Lebanese populace has no other means of coverage other than the Ministry of Health, whose budget is less than 5% of the total country’s budget. So what happens when that budget runs out, which happens ever so often? Over 40% of the Lebanese population finds hospital doors closing in their faces, as our news outlets race…

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Happy 74th birthday to John McLaughlin! (This was before he became a Jesuit priest “sexpert” and went…

Happy 74th birthday to John McLaughlin! (This was before he became a Jesuit priest “sexpert” and went on to create his politico discussion group pitting pundit riffs against Eleanor “gee I think you’re swellinor” Clift, and Pat “patty patty bewk bewk” Buchanan)

Wonderful ayahuasca ambient solo by master musicianTrilok Gurtu at 18:00 that eventually gets John to laugh like a child rediscovering sound – which added a beautiful dimension to the solo.

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Obama to Expand Gun Background Checks and Tighten Enforcement – The New York Times

In addition to background checks, Mr. Obama will direct agencies to engage in more gun research, encourage more federal prosecution of domestic violence cases, crack down on gun purchases by corporations and trusts, and request new funding for 200 law enforcement agents and better access to mental health care.“Although we have a strong tradition of gun ownership, even those who possess firearms for hunting, for self-protection and for other legitimate reasons want to make sure that the wrong people don’t have them for the wrong reasons,” Mr. Obama told reporters.

Source: Obama to Expand Gun Background Checks and Tighten Enforcement – The New York Times

DuPont’s deadly deceit: The decades-long cover-up behind the “world’s most slippery material” – Salon.com Ohio screwed again by upstream polluters!

On October 7, after less than a day of deliberations, the jury found DuPont liable for Bartlett’s cancer, agreeing with the defendant that the company had for years negligently contaminated her drinking water supply in Tuppers Plain, Ohio with a toxic chemical formerly used to make its signature brand of nonstick coating: Teflon.

Source: DuPont’s deadly deceit: The decades-long cover-up behind the “world’s most slippery material” – Salon.com

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