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5/11/2015 4:17:20 PM

Along with Saudi king, most Gulf rulers to skip US summit

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — It is not just the Saudi king who will be skipping the Camp David summit of U.S. and allied Arab leaders. Most Gulf heads of state won't be there.

The absences will put a damper on talks that are designed to reassure key Arab allies, and almost certainly reflect dissatisfaction among leaders of the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council with Washington's handling of Iran and what they expect to get out of the meeting.

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir announced late on Sunday that newly installed King Salman will not be attending. The ostensible reason was because the upcoming summit on Thursday coincides with a humanitarian cease-fire in the conflict in Yemen, where a Saudi-led coalition is fighting Shiite rebels known as Houthis.

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, who is also interior minister, will lead the Saudi delegation and the king's son, Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is defense minister, will also attend.

President Barack Obama had planned to meet King Salman one-on-one a day before the gathering of leaders at the presidential retreat but the White House did not take his decision to skip the summit as a sign of any substantial disagreement with the United States.

The king, who took power in January after his brother King Abdullah died, has not traveled abroad since his ascension to the throne.

The tiny island kingdom of Bahrain said separately that its delegation would be headed by the country's crown prince, Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa.

Bahrain, whose leadership has close ties to the Saudis, is an important military ally of the U.S. It is the longstanding host to the Navy's 5th Fleet, which is responsible for operations around the Arabian Peninsula and northern Indian Ocean, and is Washington's main naval counterbalance to Iran.

At the summit, leaders of Gulf nations will be looking for assurances that they have Obama's support at a time when the region feels under siege from Islamic extremists and by Iran's rising influence. The Gulf states worry the nuclear pact taking shape with the U.S., Iran and other nations may embolden Tehran to act more aggressively in the region.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has expressed similar concerns, saying the emerging deal will leave too much of Iran's nuclear infrastructure intact while giving it quick relief from economic sanctions.

Netanyahu has been an outspoken critic of the deal, raising tensions with the White House. U.S. attempts to reassure Israel that the deal will have strong safeguards have done little to ease its concerns. Netanyahu has claimed that moderate Sunni Arab countries see "eye to eye" with Israel on the matter, though he has not elaborated.

Abdulkhaleq Abdullah, a professor of political science at Emirates University, said Gulf leaders were staying away from the Camp David gathering to signal their displeasure over the nuclear talks.

"I don't think they have a deep respect, a deep trust for Obama and his promises. There is a fundamental difference between his vision of post-nuclear-deal Iran and their vision," he said. "They think Iran is a destabilizing force and will remain so, probably even more, if the sanctions are lifted. ... They're just not seeing things eye to eye."

The sultan of Oman, Qaboos bin Said, is among those staying away. The sultanate will be represented instead by the deputy prime minister, Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmoud Al Said, and other officials, the country's official news agency announced.

The sultan's absence comes as little surprise. The long-serving monarch, whose country maintains cordial relations with Iran and has served as a go-between for Tehran and Washington, returned home in March after spending several months in Germany being treated for an undisclosed illness.

Health issues will also keep the president of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, from attending. He suffered a stroke in January last year and has not been seen publicly since.

The influential Abu Dhabi crown prince, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, will lead the Emirati delegation. The president's half-brother, he held talks with Obama at the White House last month.

Abdullah, the Emirati professor, said the Gulf ties with the United States remain strong, but they have been strained during Obama's tenure.

He said Obama is seen within the region as impersonal compared to his predecessors. He also noted that recent comments to The New York Times in which Obama warned that dissatisfaction at home was perhaps a bigger threat than Iran came across as unnecessary "lecturing."

"You just pre-empted the whole meeting with this kind of statement," he said.

Among those who will be at the summit is the Kuwaiti emir, Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah. He arrived at Andrews Air Force Base on Monday, the official Kuwait News Agency reported.

Also, Qatar's emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, is scheduled to depart Monday to take part in the meeting.

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5/11/2015 4:33:21 PM

Hundreds of refugees arrive in Malaysia and Indonesia after Thai crackdown

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Migrants believed to be Rohingya rest inside a shelter after being rescued from boats at Lhoksukon in Indonesia's Aceh Province May 11, 2015. REUTERS/Roni Bintang

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LHOKSUKON, Indonesia/KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia has detained more than a thousand Bangladeshi and Rohingya refugees, including dozens of children, police said, a day after authorities rescued hundreds stranded off Indonesia's western tip.

There has been a huge increase in refugees from impoverished Bangladesh and Myanmar drifting on boats to Malaysia and Indonesia in recent days since Thailand, usually the first destination in the region's people smuggling network, announced a crackdown on the trafficking.

Over 100 refugees from these countries were found wandering around in southern Thailand last week, apparently having been abandoned by smugglers.

An estimated 25,000 Bangladeshis and Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar boarded rickety smugglers' boats in the first three months of this year, twice as many in the same period of 2014, the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR has said. Most land in Thailand, where they are held by the smugglers in squalid jungle camps until relatives pay a ransom.

Police on the northwest Malaysian island of Langkawi, close to the Thai border, said three boats had arrived in the middle of the night to unload refugees, who were taken into custody as they came ashore. One boat was discovered after it got stuck on a breakwater, but the other two vessels escaped. There was no immediate word on the crew.

The boats contained 555 Bangladeshis and 463 Rohingya, who were being handed over to the immigration department, local police chief Harrith Kam Abdullah said.

MAGNET FOR MIGRANTS

Malaysia, one of Southeast Asia's wealthier economies, has long been a magnet for illegal immigrants.

On Sunday, nearly 600 migrants thought to be Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshis were rescued from at least two overcrowded wooden boats stranded off Indonesia's Aceh province, believing they had landed in Malaysia, authorities said.

The boats were towed to shore by fishermen after running out of fuel. Among the refugees were nearly 100 women and dozens of children.

Thai police spokesman Lieutenant General Prawut Thawornsiri said the crackdown in people smuggling had prompted the rush of arrivals elsewhere.

"Yes, our crackdown is affecting the boats," he told Reuters in Bangkok. "They are going to Indonesia. Why else would they go to Indonesia? It is so far ... Our job is to block the boats and not let them land on our shores."

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha ordered a clean-up of suspected traffickers' camps after 33 bodies, believed to be of migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh, were found in shallow graves in the south, near the Malaysian border.

Of those rescued off Indonesia, around 50 were taken to hospital. "In general, they were suffering from starvation and many were very thin," said North Aceh police chief Achmadi.

The refugees were being held in a gymnasium in the town of Lhoksukon, about 20 km (12 miles) from where they were brought ashore.

"YOU GOT WHAT YOU PAID FOR"

"We are hearing the passengers were left close to shore and were told that this is Malaysia and you got what you paid for," said Mark Getchell, head of the International Organization for Migration in Indonesia.

"They came onshore and found out it wasn't Malaysia."

An agency official estimated that around 300 people had died at sea in the first quarter of this year as a result of starvation, dehydration and abuse by boat crews.

Mohammad Kasim, a 44-year-old Bangladeshi migrant on one of the boats, told Reuters that each passenger paid 4,400 ringgit ($1,200) for the journey. Three people died on the way and were dumped in the sea.

"I worked in Malaysia for three years in construction when I was 16. I wanted to go back because it is very difficult to find work in Bangladesh," he said, speaking in Malay.

Kasim said he had left the Bangladesh town of Bogra a month ago on a small boat with 30-40 others in the hope of finding a job in Malaysia. An agency in Bogra helped arrange the trip.

They group landed on a beach in Thailand, where they stayed for 21 days before leaving on a larger ship with hundreds of passengers.

In Bangladesh, where the authorities are trying to stamp out the crisis at its source, police say they have arrested more than 100 people traffickers in recent months.

Mohammad Ataur Rahman Khandaker, a senior police officer in Teknaf, close to the Myanmar border, said that on Friday and Sunday, four "notorious" traffickers had been killed in gun fights with police. He also said three people suspected of smuggling thousands of people had been arrested in the town.

(Additional reporting by Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Aubrey Belford in Bangkok; Writing by Nick Macfie; Editing by John Chalmers and Kevin Liffey)

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5/12/2015 12:02:45 AM

News Special Edition: Big Pharma Being Sued for Unethical Practices… Again!

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Welcome back from the weekend …hoping yours was grand. Thank you Alex and Lindsey for your wonderful contributions over the past few days –most obliged.

Keep it up Big Pharma …conducting business like this means that it won’t be long until you’re closed down for good. And the world will be a much better place, in my humble opinion. One week ago today, I wrote aSpecial Edition about how antibiotics do much more harm than goodin the long run to our bodies.

Not to mention the vaccination industry injecting us with mercury and other toxins, leading to autism and other yet-to-be-attributed diseases. “Other toxins” include MSG, aluminum phosphate, formaldehyde, bovine cow serum, sorbitol, gelatin, sodium chloride, thimerosal, human albumin, and phenoxyethanol. (1)

“In 2010, poor production procedures lead to McNeil, a branch of Johnson & Johnson, pulling children’s and infant’s liquid Tylenol, Motrin, Zyrtec, and Benadryl. The company called the probability of harm ‘remote,’ right before recalling about 50 different products made in one Fort Washington, Pa. plant.” (2)

Some reasons for the recalls were A. containing too high a concentration of active ingredients in the “medicine,” B. containing ingredients that were never tested for human consumption, and C. containing tiny particles of metal …if you can believe that!

“A subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson has pleaded guilty to a federal criminal charge that it sold infant’s and children’s liquid medications that contained metal particles. McNeil Consumer Healthcare, of Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, acknowledged producing adulterated bottles of Infants’ and Children’s Tylenol and Children’s Motrin. The company agreed to pay $25 million to resolve the case. Court documents say metal particles, including nickel, iron and chromium, were introduced during the manufacturing process in 2009 and 2010. Prosecutors said McNeil failed to take immediate steps to fix the problem.” (3)

Sadly, Big Pharma is clearly motivated by profit, rather than genuine well-being and health of the people they serve –us– who pays for their lifestyle through the purchase of their products. Just like politicians –and for the same reason, it seems: money– ethical practices have gone to the wayside by corporations we’ve trusted over the decades.

It’s essential we understand this. It’s essential we understand Big Pharma does not care about our health, so we can take back our power –and our money (which seems to be the only thing they hold sacred and worth preserving)! It’s essential we understand that, in my opinion, there is an attack not only on us, as adults, but on are beloved children.

It’s evident in the arsenic levels found in the apple and grape juices we feed our kids, and also evident from the fungicide found in orange juice. It’s evident in the poisons used to make plastic in the countless toys we hand our kids to handle and touch (and then they stick them in their mouths) throughout each day. It’s evident in the used rubber tires containing toxins that are shredded and used to fill the mulch of our school playgrounds, upon which our children fall on sliding down the slide …upon which they trip on when running and playing “tag” …upon which toddlers pick up and chew on while crawling around the swingset.

“One in four children in the U.S. are on chronic prescription medications. This doesn’t even include all the prescriptions we write to treat acute illness, or the use of over-the-counter products. It is an astounding number. We either have the sickest pediatric population in the world, or there is something very wrong with the way therapies are driven in our health care system.”

“According to IMS Health data, 45 million children are on asthma medications, 24 million are on ADHD medications, almost 10 million are on antidepressants with another six and a half million on other antipsychotics. Then there are the anti-hypertensives, the sleep aids, the medications for Type 2 diabetes and high cholesterol, and on and on.” (4)

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Again, I can never lose hope. What’s the difference between stuckness with apathy …and pushing through with resilience: “Hope,” right?! And at the same time, we must conserve our energy and wisely choose our battles. The health of our children is one battle I choose to engage, and as such, I’ll educate myself –from alternative resources, not mainstream media– and listen to my inner guidance, listen my intuition.

With this in mind, there are many approaches we can use to promote health and wellness, starting with the basics: Healthy foods, lots of water, plenty of sleep, and even something like minimal exposure to EMFs and violence as acquired through TV/movies and computer games, which have many side effects debilitating one’s physical health and emotional well-being.

“It is so much better to have control over what we put in our bodies. Especially what we are giving to our kids. When your kids are sick, give them time to rest. Sleep, sleep, and more sleep, as well as staying hydrated and eating healthy. It’s hard when your child gets sick, but there’s always something that can be done.” (2)

Being proactive, incorporate a preventive regimen, which includes homeopathy and other alternative and natural remedies. Over the winter months, I’ve recently found myself making homemade elderberry cough syrup (with so many preventive and recuperative qualities): Thank you, Rebecca, for welcoming me into your kitchen and walking me through the process!

I’ve also learned that some alternative remedies, while universally helping people everywhere, have properties that are most well-matched for local residents. I believe it has to do with the pollen, air quality, natural elements, and other air-borne particles of the region in which we are living, that determine which remedies work best for us.

For example, one herb native to the Rocky Mountains and long considered sacred to the Native Americans, osho root, is particularly helpful for cough, colds, and other respiratory ailments. “The root contains oils, including camphor, saponins, ferulic acid, terpenes, and phytosterols. Because of the range of mechanisms it has, osha root is, arguably, the best American herb for lung and throat problems.” (5)

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Like osha root, honey also acts with similar qualities. In other words, these two remedies (osha root and honey) work very well for anyone anywhere around the world. However, it has been observed that people living in the region where the osha root is grown (Rocky Mountains), or where the honey is cultivated (our hometown region), seem to gain added benefits. Again, I believe these “added benefits” have to do with the air we breathe in the location we live, specifically its floral source of pollen. (6)

If you live in Chicago, for example, you’ll want to consume local-made honey (same floral source) for maximum benefits. Did you know that honey is one of the only foods on the planet that never molds or goes bad — wow. Talk about resilience, staying power, and optimum health & wellness. Invest in a local company, or in your own bee hives, and gain the incredible health benefits from honey!

Please click on this link, if you’d like to see a complete list of the recalled products and their National Drug Code identification numbers.

1. Health Basics: The 11 Most Toxic Vaccine Ingredients and Their Side Effects by SD Wells. Natural News.

2. Big Pharma Recalls Dangerous Children’s Medicine by The Hearty Soul.

3. Maker of Kids’ Tylenol Pleads Guilty Over Metal Particles byAssociated Press.

4. Little Pharma: The Medication of U.S. Children by Maggie Kozel, MD. Huffington Post.

5. The Lung Cleansing Benefits of Osha Root by Edward F. Group, III, MD. Global Healing Center.

6. Can Local Honey Reverse Pollen Allergies? by Lauren Geertsen.Empowered Sustenance.

Across this beautiful world, We Are All One.

Gavin


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5/12/2015 12:49:06 AM

Latest Zimmerman dust-up linked to prior road rage incident

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LAKE MARY, Fla. (AP) — George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who has had a series of run-ins with girlfriends, his ex-wife and random strangers since killing an unarmed black teenager, narrowly missed getting shot Monday after a mysterious dispute.

The dispute this time was with the same man that authorities said was involved in a road rage incident with Zimmerman last year. A bullet missed his head, spraying glass from the vehicle's windshield, said his attorney, Don West. He said the bullet lodged somewhere in the vehicle. He was treated at a hospital and released.

No charges were immediately filed against either man.

Lake Mary Police Officer Bianca Gillett said during a news conference Monday that Matthew Apperson called 911 to report the shooting shortly after Zimmerman flagged down an officer to say someone had shot at him. Both Zimmerman and Apperson have yet to be interviewed formally by investigators, she said.

"We have not determined how or why the incident or altercation began," Gillett said.

A woman who answered the phone at the disability-benefits business where Apperson works asked a reporter never to call again. Nobody answered the door at his Winter Springs condominium, where there is a "for sale" sign out front and a lock box on the door.

Last September, Apperson said Zimmerman threatened to kill him, asking "Do you know who I am?" during a confrontation in their vehicles. Apperson decided not to pursue charges, and police officers were unable to move forward without a car tag identified or witnesses.

"I explained to Matthew that without the tag, witnesses, and/or clear video identifying the driver as George Zimmerman, it might be difficult to prove the alleged suspect was in fact Zimmerman," the Lake Mary police officer wrote in a report last September.

West said before the news conference that Zimmerman thought he knew who was responsible for the shooting and is cooperating with authorities.

Zimmerman was acquitted in the February 2012 killing of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager, in a case that sparked protests and national debate about race relations. The Justice Department later announced it was not bringing a civil rights case against Zimmerman.

Since then, Zimmerman has had several brushes with the law, including:

— He was charged with aggravated assault after being accused of throwing a wine bottle at an ex-girlfriend, Brittany Brunelle. The case was dropped in January after she recanted her story and refused to cooperate.

— Following another domestic confrontation, he was arrested on charges of aggravated assault, battery and criminal mischief after his then-girlfriend said he pointed a gun at her face during an argument, smashed her coffee table and pushed her out of the house they shared. Samantha Scheibe decided not to cooperate with detectives, and prosecutors didn't pursue the case.

— Zimmerman was accused by his estranged wife of smashing an iPad during an argument at the home they had shared. Shellie Zimmerman initially told a dispatcher her husband had a gun, though she later said he was unarmed. No charges were filed because of a lack of evidence. The dispute occurred days after Shellie Zimmerman filed divorce papers.

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Schneider reported from Orlando. Associated Press Writer Curt Anderson in Miami contributed to this report.



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5/12/2015 10:26:34 AM

Another major quake hits Nepal, toppling damaged buildings

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KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A major earthquake hit a remote mountainous region of Nepal on Tuesday, killing at least four people, triggering landslides and toppling buildings less than three weeks after the country was ravaged by its worst quake in decades.

Rescue helicopters were immediately sent to districts northeast of the capital of Kathmandu that Nepal believes were hardest hit by the magnitude 7.3 quake.

The government was having trouble contacting people in the area, Home Ministry spokesman Laxmi Dhakal said, but initial reports suggested there was damage in Sindhupalchowk and Dolkha districts.

Several buildings collapsed in Sindhulpalchowk's town of Chautara, with at least four people killed, according to Paul Dillon, a spokesman with the International Organization for Migration. A rescue team was out searching through the wreckage of the little town, he said.

The quake caused landslides around Chautara, and more than 100 people had been injured in surrounding villages, chief district officer Krishna Gyawali said.

Chautara has become a hub for humanitarian aid after the 7.8-magnitude quake on April 25 that killed more than 8,150 people and injured more than 17,860 as it flattened mountain villages and destroyed buildings. It was Nepal's worst recorded earthquake since 1934.

Tuesday's quake was deeper, however, coming from a depth of 18.5 kilometers (11.5 miles) versus the earlier one at 15 kilometers (9.3 miles). Shallow earthquakes tend to cause more damage.

The Tuesday quake was followed closely by at least six strong aftershocks, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The international airport in Kathmandu, which has become a transport hub for international aid, was closed temporarily on Tuesday, while traffic snarled in the streets of Kathmandu.

"The shaking seemed to go on and on," said Rose Foley, a UNICEF official based in Kathmandu. "It felt like being on a boat in rough seas."

Aid agencies were struggling to get reports from outside of the capital.

"We're thinking about children across the country, and who are already suffering. This could make them even more vulnerable," Foley said.

Residents of the small town of Namche Bazaar, about 50 kilometers (35 miles) from the epicenter and a well-known spot for high-altitude trekkers, said a couple buildings damaged in the earlier earthquake collapsed after Tuesday's quake. However, there were no reports there of deaths or injuries in the town.

Indian Embassy spokesman Abhay Kumar said some buildings in Kathmandu collapsed, but he gave no further details about how many or where they were. Experts say the April 25 quake caused extensive structural damage even in buildings that did not topple, and that many could be in danger of future collapse.

"People are terribly scared. Everyone ran out in the streets because they are afraid of being inside the houses," Norwegian Red Cross Secretary-General Asne Havnelid told Norwegian broadcaster NRK.

At Kathmandu's Norvic Hospital, patients and doctors rushed to the parking lot.

"I thought I was going to die this time," said Sulav Singh, who rushed with his daughter into the street in the suburban neighborhood of Thapathali. "Things were just getting back to normal, and we get this one."

Nepalese have been terrified by dozens of aftershocks that followed the April 25 quake. The impoverished country has appealed for billions of dollars in aid from foreign nations, as well as medical experts to treat the wounded and helicopters to ferry food and temporary shelters to hundreds of thousands left homeless amid unseasonal rains.

After Tuesday's quake, Dillon said he saw a man in Kathmandu who had clearly run from the shower with shampoo covering his head. "He was sitting on the ground, crying," he said.

Across the Nepalese border in Tibet's Jilong and Zhangmu regions, the earth shook strongly. Tremors were also felt slightly in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa.

"Rocks fell from the mountains," Jilong county government vice chief Wang Wenxiang was quoted as saying by China News Service. "There might be some houses collapsed or damaged. We are now checking on the condition of the people."

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Associated Press writers Katy Daigle and Tim Sullivan in New Delhi, Ian Mader from Beijing and Jan M. Olsen in Copenhagen contributed to this report.


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The magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit near the Chinese border between the capital of Kathmandu and Mount Everest.
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