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People in Burkina Faso have started a social media campaign to free the Australian couple captured by terrorists.  Dr. Ken Elliot and his wife Jocelyn Elliott endeared themselves to the locals in the northern town of Djibo with their work to build up medical facilities, operating a surgical clinic with 120 beds.  Terrorists affiliated with al Qaeda kidnapped them in a nearby town, and their current whereabouts are unknown.  Djibo residents have set up a Facebook page called "Djibo supports Dr Ken Elliot" to describe the positive impact he and his wife have had on the people. 

US President Barack Obama hailed the victory of diplomacy after his administration's successful commencement of the nuclear deal with Iran and the prisoner exchange over the weekend.  "This is a good day, because once again we're seeing what's possible with strong American diplomacy," Mr. Obama said in a Sunday statement at the White House.  "Some here in Washington said this was the start of another hostage crisis," he continued, referring to doofus Republicans in Congress. "Instead we secured their release in less than 24 hours."  The American president timed his remarks to come after four other prisoners, Iranian-Americans jailed on various charges, were safely in Europe.  They were among five released by Tehran - the fifth chose to stay in Iran for now. 

Earlier, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the nuclear deal "opened a new chapter in the relations of Iran with the world".  The International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed that Iran fulfilled its initial obligations under the nuclear deal.  UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon commended both nations for efforts to "improve ties" and urged more discussions:  "Now is the moment to push for cooperation on other pressing challenges through dialogue which should continue to find a way for a safer future," said Mr. Ban.

But during this historic change, a sign that there are many more hurdles to overcome.  The US Treasury Department imposed new sanctions on eleven Iranian companies and individuals over a recent ballistic missile test, preventing these entities from accessing the US banking system.  Like President Obama's remarks on the other issues, the action was timed to take place after the four Iranian Americans were out of Iran.

Islamic State has reportedly abducted hundreds of civilians from the eastern Syrian city of Deir al-Zour during a bloody assault that killed 50 fighters and 85 other civilians.  Previous mass abductions by Islamic State have ended badly, usually with the discovery of mass graves and other atrocities - Syrian state media is reporting crucifixions and beheadings.  IS's usual modus operandi is to target Shiite Muslims or other minorities, but in this case the people being abducted are fellow Sunni Muslims.

The patient left brain dead by a pharmaceutical drug test gone horribly wrong in France has died.   Five others remain in hospital in the city of Rennes, four with "neurological problems" and the fifth with no symptoms.  French health officials deny that the experimental drug by the Portuguese company Bial was a cannabis-based pain-killer.

Brazil's Health ministry says it's developed new testing kits to rapidly identify the presence of three troublesome viruses - Dengue, Zika, and Chikungunya.  Priority will be given to pregnant women.  All of these viruses are carried by the same mosquito, and the Zika virus is causing the most concern because of the number of birth defects associated with it during the current outbreak in Brazil - the world's largest Zika virus outbreak with more than 3,500 cases.

A satellite that will track rising ocean levels caused by global warming is in orbit around the earth.  A SpaceX Falcoln-9 rocket took off from California's Vandenburg Air Force base on Sunday, carrying the Jason-3.  Once the joint US-European project is moved into a position some 1,336 kilometers above the Earth, it will measure the shape of the global sea surface to an accuracy of better than four centimeters.