Some churches are trying to convince the patient followers to stop taking the drugs and replace it with prayer (Getty)
The Anglican Church in Britain, a campaign to encourage people with chronic andintractable diseases such as cancer and AIDS, to stop taking the medication and the direction to pray instead.
Due to research by The African Network for Health Policy Health Insurance, he had somefollowers of the Church in British cities such as Manchester and Glasgow to stop takingmedications necessary for their recovery, and ease their pain after they were persuadedto "the Lord's healing capabilities."
Has revealed an investigation by the BBC in London yesterday that the three womeninfected with AIDS have died, after having stopped taking the medicine on the advice ofKsausten.
The Executive Director of The African Network Francis Kicomba that a family membercommitted suicide last year, after the Church said that he no longer suffers from the instability of his mental faculties, and asked him to stop taking the medicine, but his condition deteriorated and he committed suicide in the end.
Commented Kicomba saying, "This issue raises concerns at the national level, issue is the phenomenon of preference for treatment, the spiritual of all the cases, and in some cases is said to people that they should stop taking the medication because it affects negatively on the capacity of prayer healing. We have met with people with severe cases have been convince them the possibility of recovery in a single session. What is more, it spread to convince people of the refugees in Britain that the prayers could end their problems with immigration and housing. and it started to take the form of fad, not only in Britain but in Africa as well and widely. "
The Church published on its website pictures and video clips for those who claim they were patients were "cured" of diseases such as AIDS, cancer, varicose veins and leg fractures.
Head of Public Relations in the Commonwealth of humanitarian British Naomi Phillips said he was "in free societies, people have the absolute freedom to believe what they want to believe in it. However, when trying to those who are in a position of responsibility - especially when they have power over vulnerable people - the promotion of treatments wrong through religious practices, and encourage people to stay away from the correct methods of treatment, when there is much to be done. "
Spokesman for the "Church of all Nations," he told BBC, "We are not Ahavin, God is healing. There is no disease, no God can heal him. There is no disease has no God medication. We do not ask people to stop taking their medication. Doctors treat, God heals. "
The universal Church of the Kingdom of the Lord's university-based and Brazil based in Britain, too, says, "It does not claim to cure people, but believes that the Lord can heal through the power of faith."
Source: Independent
Occupied the Los Angeles "calls to punish banks that committed violations of (European)
After that they offered in support of the remarkable movement and allowed the protestersmilitarism at night in parks and public gardens, although forbidden by law for that, officials began the city of Los Angeles recently in the reservation to one of the most importantdemands of the "occupied the Los Angeles", which is the elimination of irregularitiescommitted by the banks.
The Los Angeles Times said that lawmakers had asked last week to study the plan to punish banks that committed financial irregularities, but the chief administrative officer of the city of Miguel Santana issued a warning yesterday that banks punish the violation could cost the city $ 58 million.
Santana said that ending the lending agreements with senior lenders may have large feesand high interest rates, which would cause confusion for a number of important cityprojects, such as building a football field and change the sewer lines.
But Councilman Richard Alarcon did not agree to what he put Santana and commented on this by saying that Santana favored banks, which goes in and what is happening in the country since last weeks in the valley.
The Alarcon introduced two years ago, a proposal he called "responsible banking", which is today one of the demands of the "occupied the Los Angeles" key.
The city of Los Angeles sued in 2008 during the international financial crisis, several banks on charges of corruption and squandering of tens of millions of dollars from the funds of the city.
The newspaper said that a warning Santana encountering despite everything heard in the City Council, and the movement of a member of the Council Brainard Parks - which represents the bulk of South Los Angeles - saying that he will sacrifice money scarce, who is to achieve a moral victory, and commented, "I do not think we want any form of way that we stand on this podium and I say to people to Qena Bank of America a lesson and two million dollars Klvnah not we use it. "
The newspaper also quoted down members of the City Council for their support for the plan to "banking administrator", and provided Council member Paul Koretz example when he said that the nation is "going to hell. If it cost us to rectify the situation 20 or 30 or $ 40 million, this could mean that we Second, make the mistake. "
The movement of "occupied the Los Angeles" has widened in recent weeks, organizers say that 700 people spend the night in a sit-in, and double that number during the day.
The number of demonstrators had entered the building to the City Council last week and expressed their support for the plan Alarcon, and expressed dissatisfaction with the provision of huge amounts of money to save bankrupt banks, while many families losing their homes.
The demonstrators are demanding the classification of banks based on their contributions to social, but Santana says that it is unrealistic, especially in circumstances such as within the city of Los Angeles suffering from economic hardship.
Source: Los Angeles Times
Sami Younis center of his grandchildren for the first time in his life (Al Jazeera)
Mohammed Mohsen wedge - Umm al-Fahm
Finally, after 29 years in Israeli jails, Palestinian prisoners Tensm Sheikh Sami Younis I'minside the Palestinian town of Arara and savor the taste of freedom, and hugged his familyand childhood friends who were celebrating his arrival at the head shortly after being released.
The Younis (83 years), the largest Palestinian prisoners in the prisons of the occupation-lived, where the aged in prisons and tasted bitter, and be sick of smth. Disease, current reduced state due over the years.
The Sheikh of prisoners and small, was arrested in 1983 with the soldiers and MaherKarim Younes, accused of a military operation which killed an Israeli soldier, he was sentenced to life in a timely manner, to reduce the duration to forty years later.
Trance victor
Although isolated 12 years ago, and depriving him of a farewell of his mother, who diedwhile in the occupation prisons anguish and grief of it, a prisoner-Sheikh remainedsteadfast and lived on the hope of challenging the prison walls, before being released in the exchange deal "meet for free" between Hamas and Israel.
He was released Tuesday in conjunction with the release of Corporal Gilad Shalit, is four of the Palestinian prisoners inside, where he could after 29 years to enter his village ofArara, that time was insufficient to change the landmarks.
As embraced freedom also embraced for the first time in his life dozens of grandchildren, and was to meet his children and fellow trained by his wife, who has tired and waited forthe moment, though delayed.
Fateful moments
And listed Sami Younis of the island days before the conclusion of the deal, describing it as fateful as accompanied by tension, was the battle of the intestine empty of prisoners at its peak and the hunger strike continues, and the case of boiling at Guantanamo Gilboa, who joined the strike just - last week - and if the management of the prison undertake the process of classification and transfer of prisoners.
"The situation was very difficult, it was not vague Nahdh time ago, a group of 48 prisoners of the 25 prisoners were to differentiate between us and our distribution of various prisons, personally transferred to Megiddo prison, and there I knew the deal through themicrophone was hidden."
Yunus: Words can not describe the disastrous conditions of detention of prisoners (Al Jazeera)
Joy and fear
Yunus recalled the moments that have passed on the prisoners, mixed feelings of joy and fear, everyone will be watching from the list of exchange, and was convinced that all prisoners of home owners Mahkomyat Almabdat high and will be released.
"We informed the prison authorities that he would be me, but what about the guys Derbystruggle prisoners of 48? I know of their whereabouts, I met a detainee Megiddo four of whom only - it turned out they were from respondents deal - quoted for 24 hours toHadarim detention on the pretext that I Sathrr from there ".
Occupied bargains
Younis said that the prison administration tried to extort some prisoners request signing a pledge in which their freedom, and added, "Personally, refused, and was Msawmte byIsraeli intelligence, and reached up threatening not to release me and substitution prisoner of another, I insisted on my position and I told the intelligence officer said that Gilad Shalitwill not see the light unless it is my release. "
Younis, described the moment of victory for the liberation of the Palestinian people as a whole, thanked Hamas for its efforts in completing the deal, calling for the consolidation ofreconciliation between Fatah and Hamas to strengthen the steadfastness of the prisonersto move forward towards freedom and independence.
Captive editor Sami Younis, accompanied by his wife (Al Jazeera)
Scenes and memories
The remaining conditions of detention of the most important memories of the prisonersreleased, and summarized Younis scene memories stretching over three decades, saying"there is a lot of beautiful memories with families, you are in a struggle for existence andstruggling to gain basic rights which should be guaranteed by international conventions for the prisoner."
He reviewed the memories which he described as the battle of hit and run, "you grip the enemy struggling even to get a drink of water, and you have to know when to step up your fight and when to negotiate your enemy, you are unarmed and you'll face this reality,especially as the period Mkozq families is unknown."
He believes that the most beautiful memories and unit prisoners that enhance their steadfastness in detention, calling on the various faction leaders to adopt as a model for reconciliation to establish the unity of the Palestinian people, pointing out that the years ofdivision between Fatah and Hamas reflected negatively on the prisoners, and made thedeal to melt deposits entirely.
He concluded, "We feel joy that was experienced by our people, but the most importantmoment of pleasure experienced by prisoners of the contract last was when news of thekidnapping of Corporal Gilad Shalit, where we realized that the vagina is coming, to liveeuphoria lasted for five and half years, picking off people to complete the deal."
Source: Al Jazeera
Mary Dodio kidnapped from Kenya, was quoted earlier this month to Somalia (French)
French hostage died Dodio Mary, which was hijacked in Kenya and detained in Somalia since the first of October / November, HSPA announced by the French Foreign Ministry on Wednesday.
The spokesman for the ministry said in a statement that "the communications sought by the French government to set up for the release of Dodio (66 years) came to her death without being able to determine the date or circumstances of death."
"The health status of Dodio and concern about the circumstances of her abduction and the possibility that the kidnappers refused to give them drugs that we sent to them, lead us to believe that this is a tragic conclusion with the most likely regret."
Valero called "return her body immediately without conditions," and demanded that the identities of the kidnappers and bring them to justice. He denounced the French government to the behavior of the kidnappers and Tdmanha Dodio with the family and their close associates.
The Dodio suffering from cancer and heart failure, as she was obstructive, the kidnappers did not take her wheelchair, which was used to navigate.
She was abducted from her home in Dodio Manda Island in Kenya earlier this month and seized by kidnappers in the town of Ras small coastal Kamboni on the Somali side of the border. And was later taken to a nearby town in the Somali region of Juba Pass adjacent to the border with Kenya, according to local sources.
The kidnapping came Dodio, which played a crucial role in the women's movement in France in the seventies of the last century, less than a month after the abduction of British tourist named Judith Tebbutt on September 11 / September in the village of Kiwaao tourist and then transferred to Somalia.
Also abducted Nashttan Aspaintan in defense of human rights last week in eastern Kenya and also were transferred to Somalia.
Source: Agencies
Damascus has increased support for basic materials in order to contain popular anger (Jazeera)
Finance Minister Mohammad al Aljalilati The actual increase in spending within the budget in 2012 was 15% compared to the current, so Nahz 1.326 trillion liras Surat (26 billion and $ 661 million).
The minister said - in an interview with the semi-official Al-Watan, Syria - that for the first time will show the full value of the oil resources as the resources within the revenue within the structure of the general budget, in addition to highlighting the total support of prices under expenditure.
According Aljalilati the total support of food prices and oil derivatives in the next year will reach 386 billion pounds (7.76 billion dollars), while the amount was not more than 25 billion pounds (half a billion dollars).
On this vast difference between the two figures mentioned, the Minister of Finance explained that the difference will be covered in two ways such as issuing a special decree of the presidency every few years write off the deficit in the domestic debt of the State with regard to logistical support and hit 75 billion pounds (1.5 billion dollars).
The other method is to not show the amount of the deficit in the support of electricity and petroleum products within the text of the budget, estimated at 310 billion pounds (6.2 billion dollars).
Economic losses
The study was released days before the Consultative Group Jeopolsta about the economic cost of the Arab spring, I concluded that what is seen in Syria protests demanding the dropping cost the GDP of $ 6.07 billion, and cost the general budget of $ 21.22 billion.
The last IMF forecast that the Syrian economy will shrink by 2% in 2011 to recover by some sound in the next year and achieve a growth of 1.5%, as the IMF projected that consumer prices of about 6% in 2011.
According to the statistics reported by the study mentioned above, the gross domestic product to be close to Syria in 2011 to 68.3 billion dollars, with total public debt in the range of 24.3% of the gross domestic product.
Source: German-Jazeera
Reports that the Turkish force of some 600 private individual moved in the north of Iraq (French)
Turkey said on Wednesday it had killed 15 militants of the PKK at the start of ground operations and air strikes against Hezbollah strongholds in northern Iraq in response tosimultaneous attacks resulted in the deaths of 24 Turkish soldiers.
And targeted attacks that occurred after midnight last night and was attended by betweenone hundred and two hundred armed, according to Turkish security sources, eight sites of the army and police in the province of Hakkari, near the border with Iraq.
Also resulted in coordinated attacks that adopted later in the day the PKK - the worst sincethe party killed 33 soldiers unarmed Turkey in 1993 - the injury of 22 others from the armyand police.
Earlier reports said the death toll in the ranks of the military Turks rose to 26. However, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said after a meeting of political and military leadership as prime minister that the death toll at 24.
The television stations and news agencies said that they went down to the Turkish militarywas among the targets that were attacked, and the clash around for thirty minutes.
Immediate response
Before the announcement by the PKK claimed responsibility for the attacks, Turkey sentspecial units to the north of Iraq, where insurgents clashed with the Labour Party.
Identical reports said that up to 600 members of the Turkish special forces sent helicopter gunships and penetrated into northern Iraq, a distance of up to eight kilometers.
And synchronization of the raid, which was confirmed by a source from the Labour Party, told AFP with raids by Turkish warplanes on the presumed positions of Kurdish militants in the Kandil Mountains in northern Iraq.
And Al-Jazeera correspondent in Turkey The Turkish ground incursions into northern Iraq to hunt PKK be an agreement between Ankara and Baghdad. And military operations began with a meeting of leaders of political and military headquarters of the Turks in the prime minister.
Mr Erdogan and Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has canceled visits to Uzbekistan, Kazakh and in turn, directed military commanders to the area where the attacks occurred.He spoke Jazeera's correspondent in Ankara on the indicators of a possible ground operation, large-scale Turkish soon in northern Iraq.
He referred in this context to the visit to Turkey, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, who expressed his country's readiness to control the border with Turkey after that there were frequent across the PKK attacks on Turkish military sites in recent times.
The Labour Party stepped up its attacks on Turkish troops in the past few months, reported the Turkish aviation in August / August bombing their positions in northern Iraq.
It is noteworthy that the Labour Party attacks came hours after the publication of statements came from the party leader Abdullah Ocalan - imprisoned on the island south of Istanbul - he said that the ball is now in the court of the Turkish government in relation to a peaceful settlement of the conflict.
Threat of retaliation
Shortly after the attack, vowed to Turkish President Abdullah Gul severe retaliation fromthe perpetrators of the attack.
Gul warned of help from the Labour Party that he must take the consequences, vowing to continue the fight against terrorism until the end.
For his part, Prime Minister said that his country will continue in the fight against terrorism,alluding to the support of external operations for the PKK.
He also noted Arshad Holmozlo adviser Turkish President for the Middle East to foreignhands may be behind the upsurge in PKK.
Ankara today, and summoned the Ambassador of the European Union has to express hisconcern about the attitude of some European countries lenient towards the Labour Party.The PKK began its armed operations against Turkey in 1984. The estimated number ofvictims of violence associated with this conflict by about 45 thousand people.
Source: Al Jazeera + and agencies
Medical center for the organization Doctors Without Borders in a Somali refugee camps (French - Archive)
Said MSF it seeks to secure the release of the hijacked Mozftiha Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya since 13 October / November as soon as possible and without the use of force, adding that she does not have enough information about the identity or motives of the kidnappers.
FAO said in a press statement issued on Wednesday, that this incident will not discourage them from continuing in its medical activities to help the Somali people.
But stressed to distance herself firmly and clearly for military activities, or threatening remarks made in response to the kidnapping.
She said it was stepping up communication regarding the incident of abduction with all relevant parties to secure the safe release of hijacked.
And alerted the organization to kidnap a very complex process and needs to be treated with caution, and that organization says, "we are deeply concerned about any use of force on this incident as if this would be offered security (in the area) at risk and undermine efforts to get out a solution to this process." .
The organization expressed deep concern over the fate of Mozftiha, noting that such attacks had a huge impact on the level of support for people in need.
And in spite of the complex security, the organization says it is providing assistance to those affected by the Somali crisis in Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia and Djibouti.
She says she did not stop for provide such aid since 1991 and today has 13 projects in Somalia, including the activities of medical and related activities within a multi-pronged program includes emergency food aid, immunization and vaccination.
Source: Al Jazeera
Ahlam Tamimi, between her father and her brother and the son of Abdul Salam Haniyeh
Al-Jazeera
Mohammad-Najjar - Oman
Received hundreds of Jordanians early Wednesday, dean of Palestinian prisonersTamimi dreams that gained their freedom in the exchange deal between the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and Israel, which will be released for 1027 prisoners.
Dreams and spent 10 years in the prisons of the occupation that was sentenced to 16 life sentences in prison on charges connected to port the martyrdom of al-Qassam Brigadesin 2001 that killed 16 Israelis.
The Dreams (31 years), who was arrested during her undergraduate studies with the highest rule of a woman in the history of Israel.
The packed hall of Queen Alia International Airport and hundreds turned into a yard markfor two hours, and shouted for Palestine, Hamas and the resistance and the Jordaniansoldier Ahmed Adakkamsh sentenced to life imprisonment for killing seven Israelis in 1997.
Mstqublon
It was at the forefront of recipients Dean Jordanian prisoners in Israeli jails Sultan Ajlouniand leaders of the National Committee of the prisoners in the prisons of the occupation,and the wife of the prisoner Ibrahim Hamid, former commander of the military wing of Hamas in the West Bank and the expected winning at the highest power in Israel's historywhere it can exceed the power by 80 for life.
Loud and joy if entry to the lounge-Tamimi, and with great difficulty managed to kiss her father, her mother and her family members who carried it over the shoulders, and pouredthem flowers and candy on each side.
Ahlam Tamimi, and thanked in a brief speech of resistance, and said "No resistance is nota liberation of the prisoners, there is no invocation to a liberation of the maximum does notreturn to the land of Palestine. Palestine and the secretariat of the prisoners in your necks."
She said "Thank God that the chosen soldiers to him on this earth who are soldiers of the Qassam Brigades and the Popular Resistance and completed the exchange deal on agood, all the Palestinian people proud and proud Brigades martyr Izz al-Qassam Brigadesand the Popular Resistance and the National Committees in the Gaza Hashem, who aresoldiers Rahman on this earth."
She said "I spent with the family of God and who helped me and otherwise I would not bewith you now."
Ahlam Tamimi, a letter from the movement of prisoners
Al-Jazeera
Message prisoners
Speaking of the island, quoted a letter from the dreams of Tamimi Palestinian prisoners in solitary confinement.
The "Letter brother Hassan Salameh isolated since 1996 until today and all the brothers inisolation Ibrahim Hamed and Abdullah Barghouti, Abu Hija and all of them in isolation are the most suffering among the prisoners. And isolation cells known that from the forbiddenvisits once and messages confined between them and their spouses and all person who isa room, not allowed to mix with other. "
She "These are our leaders summits and their message is not to forget them and work to release them both peaceful negotiations or armed resistance."
It considered that these prisoners more deserving of their release, said, "Ibrahim Hamid, who I wish I could be where I am now, brother, Hassan Salameh, are deserving of me tothis place."
Is that the wife of Ibrahim Hamed existing insulation Six years ago, expressed her delight at the reception of dreams Tamimi today despite her grief because the deal did not include her husband and other prisoners.
She said the island, "I thank God who has completed the transaction on the best one in which we achieved a great victory, hurt and saddened by the lack of Ibrahim Hamed in the deal, but my heart holds an overwhelming joy of the departure of the prisoners, especiallyTamimi dreams."
Mixed feelings
Mixed feelings of joy and sadness for the girl Salma Ibrahim Hamid, who said the island, "IFarhana often dreams of the exit and, God willing soon to see my father, he and all the prisoners."
She said the child, "returned the prisoner deal I hope the exit door of the family, even though I was sad at first because it will not cover it."
The scene of tears present at the reception, especially from the families of Jordanianprisoners in Israeli jails and the 28 prisoners and 29 missing, they celebrated with dreams of emancipation from the family.
The decision of the National Committee of the prisoners in Israeli jails soft Malas of the island that deal today re-emphasized the enormous government failure in a brave our prisoners in the prisons of the enemy.
Abdel-Salam and adorned Haniyeh on behalf of his father, Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, Ahlam Tamimi, a senior medal.
Abdel-Salam said, "This day of God, and that the days of Palestine is liberated prisoners of this transaction quality that has swap with the first families of the soldiers on the land ofPalestine."
He pointed out that the joy of the day has yet to Palestine gave thousands of martyrs andafter the devastating war in Gaza and the West "and we have our homes and our childrenfor your freedom and everything underestimates for the freedom of prisoners and for thereturning champion, such as dreams Tamimi to her family and her home."
Source: Al Jazeera
Hit the spyware has the ability to hide a number of industrial sites, this program uses a programming language similar to those used by the electronic attack similar to last year known as the Staksnet hit Iranian nuclear sites.
And e-security experts believe that attack the new-making body that has Staksnet attack, who described last year as the most sophisticated spy program in the history of computers and software, dubbed "the first electronic weapon."
The Staksnet has been used in the attack on Iranian nuclear sites online and was able to achieve great success by using their penetration in the gaps that were not known in the Windows system before.
The number of international experts in the field of information security on the Internet have speculated that Israel and the United States, which have high scientific expertise, which are put forth Staksnet to attack Iran's nuclear sites, but it did not come from anything the two governments confirmed expectations of experts.
The program enters the devastating spy programs, machines and equipment that use a certain system of Siemens systems to control machines and destroys them.
On Tuesday, according to experts and researchers at Symantec for protection on the web that they have received samples of aggressive spying program is new, and confirmed that it was written that models do not need to have a direct relevance to the program Staksnet.
It features the new program for Staksnet that does not seek to destroy the programs that are attacked, but the collection of information that can not be accessed from outside of those programs.
A researcher at Symantec's Gerry Egan that the new program has the ability to update itself and receive updated instructions.
Source: Financial Times
Within the framework of their partnership to face the Mnavsémt, revealed SamsungElectronics and Google unveiled the launch of a new smart phone category Nexus Galaxyis the first of its kind and works on the latest version of the operating system GoogleAndroid.
The Nexus Galaxy is the device chosen by Samsung and Google in the framework of their partnership to respond to the latest version of Apple's smart phones, iPhone as -4 (iPhone S-4).
At the unveiling on Wednesday for the Galaxy Nexus in Hong Kong, Sitbahi CEO AndyRubin, Google's special features for this device, such as Android Pim office unlock(Android Beam). (Face Unlock)
The feature allows "Android Pim" the movement of data between two phones NexusGalaxy once the smart one by side the other, while using the feature "Vis unlock" on the face recognition technology to activate the device, instead of using traditional passwords.
Nexus is noteworthy that the Galaxy will be put on the market in November next.
Source: Associated Press
