Big News Day

War on Terror Flashpoints Identified - BBC

A senior strategist for the US government says that the three key future flashpoints for militant jihadists will be Pakistan, Bangladesh and Europe.

Floods in Mexico Strand Thousands

A week of heavy rains caused rivers to overflow, leaving 70 percent of the Gulf state of Tabasco underwater, and forcing thousands of people to cling to rooftops or flee to shelters. It is the worst flooding the state has seen in 50 years.

Of the estimated 700,000 people whose homes were flooded, damaged or cut off, 300,000 still had not been rescued Thursday and potable water supplies were exhausted in Villahermosa, Tabasco Gov. Andres Granier said. Police, soldiers and military workers were still trying to reach them.

Deadly HIV-TB co-epidemic sweeps sub-Saharan Africa: report

Drug-resistant tuberculosis and HIV have merged into a double-barreled epidemic that is sweeping across sub-Saharan Africa and threatening global efforts to eradicate both diseases, according to a report released Friday.

Over-burdened health systems are unable to cope with the epidemic and risk collapse, said the report, which calls for urgent measures to curb its spread.
A third of the world's 40 million HIV/AIDS sufferers also have TB, and the death rate for people infected with both is five times higher than that for tuberculosis alone.

Luke 21

28 - And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.

Please place the flood victims in Mexico on your prayer list. It appears that over a 1,000,000 people in the State of Tabasco are victims. Deadly HIV-TB co-epidemic sweeps sub-Saharan Africa with the potential of being spread around the world. At home we are experiencing an out-break of MRSA, a drug resistant infection, which is normally found in hospitals not our schools.

These are a few things I have been tracking today. Let's all look up we may be flying sooner rather than later.