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Protesters in Kiev speak of the 5.10 movement which would lower taxes and put Ukraine at the financial center of the EU and Asia. (Photo by George Layne)

Arrest warrant issued for captain of S. Korea ferry

An arrest warrant was issued for the captain of the sunken S. Korean ferry, an accident that killed 29 people and left nearly 270 missing. The Defense Department is expected to announce it is sending a ship to salvage the ferry.

CNN

Vice-principal of South Korea school in ferry disaster commits suicide

Reuters

Iranian guards use extreme violence against inmates, claims opposition

Iranian guards and intelligence officials have used unprecedented levels of violence against political inmates in one of the country’s most notorious prisons, opposition leaders said.

Guardian

Ukraine’s rebels stay put despite diplomatic deal

Pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine said they were not bound by an international deal ordering them to disarm and were looking for more assurances about their security before leaving the public buildings they have occupied.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine protesters: Russian foreign minister ‘did not sign anything for us’

CNN

Avalanche makes for deadliest day in Mt. Everest’s history

A morning avalanche near a base camp on the world‘s highest peak has left at least 12 Nepalese guides dead and left several others missing in what has become one of the deadliest accidents in Mount Everest’s history.

TIME

Nigerian military retracts claim that all abducted students were released

In an embarrassing blow to its perception from an increasingly skeptical public, the Nigerian military retracted a report that nearly all the 129 school girls kidnapped by suspected Boko Haram militants had been released.

CNN

Nigerians search unsafe forest for abducted girls

ABC News

Scores of abducted girls freed in Nigeria

Al Jazeera

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

MetLife’s charity arm donates $25,000 to Durham organization

MetLife presented a $25,000 check to the Kramden Institute in Durham, a charity that provides refurbished computers to students who don’t have access to a computer at home.

Triangle Business Journal

UN seeks £163m ($274m) in aid for CAR refugees

The United Nations and aid groups have launched an appeal for £163m to help people fleeing the conflict in the Central African Republic.

Guardian

HUMAN RIGHTS

57-nation OSCE to play key Ukraine monitoring role in human rights

A 57-nation organization with a history of mediation but no enforcing powers has been tasked with helping to translate diplomatic progress on easing Ukrainian tensions into reality on the ground.

Ottawa Citizen

Justice‘s ’peacemaker’ unit focuses on transgender rights

A survey reports that 2 out of 3 transgender people say they’ve been victims of physical assault, and most crimes are not reported. The Justice Department wants to train law enforcement to be more sensitive.

NPR

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Labor shortage threatens to bust the shale boom

Labor shortages, causing delays in construction, threaten to slow the boom and push back the date when the country can meet its own energy needs, estimated by BP Plc to be in 2035.

Bloomberg

Motorcycles join fight against HIV in Malawi

A leading U.S. medical charity plans to partner with Riders for Health to speed up transportation of their HIV laboratory samples and deliver test results faster, a media report said.

Thomas Reuters Foundation

POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE

Algeria’s ailing president Bouteflika wins 4th term

Bouteflika‘s chief opponent, Ali Benflis, who garnered only 12 percent of the vote, said the election Thursday was marked by ’fraud on a massive scale’ and vowed not to accept the results.

Christian Science Monitor

Algerians rejoice at Bouteflika re-election

SABC

Turkey’s Gul rules out Putin-style job swap with Erdogan

The future of Turkish President Abdullah Gul is linked to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has made clear his interest in running for the presidency when the post opens in August.

TIME

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Birth of ‘new Saturn moon’ witnessed

Scientists say they have discovered what could be the birth of a new moon in the rings of Saturn. Informally named Peggy, the object would become the 63rd moon in Saturn’s orbit if confirmed.

BBC

Bright idea or shady scheme? Cosmetic company wants to lighten moon

A cosmetics company has suggested brightening the surface of the moon. The goal is to make the night sky brighter which would mean less need for streetligts and thus fewer globe-warming carbon emissions.

LiveScience

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (Matt Levine):

BP oil spill crisis manager managed crisis by selling BP stock

Bloomberg

Column (Christopher J. Hale):

Why Focus On The Cross?

TIME

Column (Anna Lappé):

World Bank wants water privatized, despite risks

Al Jazeera

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GOOD NEWS

Adam Braun hands out pencils – and hope

His nonprofit Pencils of Promise has built more than 170 schools in Ghana, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Laos.

Christian Science Monitor

Students lip-sync 68 songs in 6 minutes for fundraiser

The cast of thousands – all students from the Avon, Ind., a school located in suburb on Indianapolis – turned up to sing seamlessly through 68 songs, all in 6.5 minutes for a fundraising cause.

ABC News

NGOS AND NONPROFITS

E-readers bring magic to thousands of kids in poor parts of Africa

Thousands of children in Africa now have access to e-books with the help of Worldreader, an organization Mr. Risher helped start four years ago that seeks to end illiteracy in the developing world.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

‘Legal technicality’ leads to expulsion of NGO Merlin from Sudan