The Mayo Clinic will name a clinic for a sheik whose gift to the Harvard Divinity School was returned after he was criticized for links to anti-Semitism. The Rochester, Minn., hospital will name a new cardiovascular-treatment facility for Sheik Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, president of the United Arab Emirates, who has donated $25 million to the institution since he underwent neck surgery there in 1996, The Associated Press reported.
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