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Fungus has destroyed about half of the Heroin harvest in Afghanistan.
Will probably benefit Iran, which has a million addicts.

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The problem with Islam.

A lot of South and SEAsia folks converted because of the Sufi emphasis on a personal and loving relationship with the deity, but alas now even Indonesia is turning toward hatred thanks to the Middle Eastern funded mosques and madrasses that promote intolerance of the infidel.

In Nigeria, a bishop mourns a local Muslim leader and peacemaker.

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The next disease to be eliminated: Schistosomiasis.
Usually doesn't kill you, just makes you weak and so you die of something else.

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Exploiting poor Indian women to carry babies for rich westerners brings in half a billion a year into their economy.
And yes, this was on the business page, not the health page of the BBC.
This NGO points out it is just another way to exploit poor people...as I rant HERE, just another "bad fruit" of IVF that no one wants to discuss.

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Monarch Butterflies!
we just watched the PBS show about their migration...(you can watch it streaming, but not in Asia; luckily someone posted it HERE)...fascinating.
More HERE.