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Mourners light candles outside the late Former President Nelson Mandela’s Home in Houghton, Johannesburg. (Photo by GCIS / GovernmentZA)

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Night launch of rocket carried secret US government payload

A rocket carrying a secret payload for the U.S. government has successfully launched from the central California coast.

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Atlas V rocket launches on secret mission

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Africa’s transformative digital revolution

In the space of 10 years, mobile phones and the Internet have changed African nations more significantly than any development since their independence from colonial powers. Now entrepreneurs want to take things further.

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Spiegel International

South Africa’s Nelson Mandela dies at 95

South Africa‘s first black president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela has died, South Africa’s president says.

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BBC

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From prisoner to president: Mandela’s impact on the world

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The life of Nelson Mandela, 1918-2013

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Disposing of Syrian chemical weapons time consuming and perhaps impossible

The U.S. has taken on a gargantuan and dangerous task of helping to destroy Bashar Assad’s chemical weapons stockpiles in Syria.

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U.S. News & World Report

Pope to build Vatican task force to tackle sex abused children

The Pope had decided to establish a “specific commission for the protection of minors” on the advice of a group of eight cardinals, whom the Jesuit pontiff has given the task of helping him to reform the Catholic Church.

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PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Africa: Giving back to society

With Nigerian billionaire and philanthropist Tony Elumelu pledging $2.5 billion, it appears Africa’s new philanthropic elites may play a critical role in social enterprise, build capacity and pilot new technologies.

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Look good and do good this Christmas at charity fashion events

Fashion and philanthropy are coming together this year, with two events at the weekend, Christmas in Action and Fashion for a Cause, offering shoppers the chance to look good and do good during the holiday season.

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Daily Star

HUMAN RIGHTS

Egypt police brutality ‘unchecked’

Reform of the police was one of the key demands of the 2011 revolution. Almost three years later, critics say the security forces remain completely unaccountable.

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BBC

Human rights a third class passenger on Mexico’s train

When Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto came to power, he was the new face of the old Partido Revolucionario Institucional, that dominated the country for over 70 years.

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CNN

US urged to tighten message on human rights abuses

Human rights activists urged the US government to be more consistent in its approach toward repressive regimes, warning that muddled responses sent the wrong message to democracy campaigners.

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Yahoo! News

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Pipeline on Wheels: Trains are winning big off US oil

So far this year, in North Dakota alone, 140 million barrels of oil have left on trains. Shipments of crude oil by rail are up almost 50 percent over last year — and this upward trend is expected to continue.

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NPR

Latin American bloc stalls WTO Bali trade talks

The World Trade Organization temporarily suspended discussions aimed at a global update of trading rules after opposition from a group of Latin American nations led by Cuba.

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Bloomberg

POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE

House takes aim at TSA’s loose change

The House of Representatives voted to redirect that mountain of pocket change to the United Service Organizations (USO), which supports U.S. military troops.

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Yahoo! News

Biden calls for trust with China amid airspace dispute

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, visiting China as a dispute over a new Chinese air defense zone rattles nerves around the region, said that relations between Washington and Beijing had to be based on trust.

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Reuters

Joe Biden mum on airspace tensions after meeting with China’s Xi Jinping

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China flexes its geopolitical muscles on eve of Biden visit

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

‘Impossible’ alien world is impossible

A giant extrasolar planet, or exoplanet, has been discovered orbiting a distant star. But this is no “ordinary” alien planet it shouldn‘t exist. To put it bluntly, it’s an affront to current planet formation theories.

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Watch out for climate ‘surprises,’ scientists warn

The long, slow process of climate change may trigger “surprise” shifts that could threaten human communities in years or decades, researchers from the National Academy of Sciences warned.

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Abrupt climate change tipping points

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GOOD NEWS

Town’s Christmas tree of toys will be donated to needy

This holiday season, the town of Silver Spring, Md., is putting a twist on the traditional idea of a Christmas tree display — and helping neighbors in need in the process.

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Reddit finds lost dog, Internet says ‘aww’

When most people lose a dog, they put up posters, or call the local animal shelters. Reddit contributor p1percub turned to the massive online community and posted to the Houston subreddit with a plea for help.

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NGOS AND NONPROFITS

Ecuador ends environmental group accuses inciting abusive public behavior

Ecuador’s government has shut down a nonprofit environmental group that opposes Amazon rainforest oil drilling, alleging that it incited abusive public behavior.

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Google+ modernizes telethons with charity hangout-a-thon

Even though needs more work from Google‘s branding department, the company’s first ever Hangout-a-thon aims to raise donations for charitable causes working around the globe.

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ENVIRONMENT

Nervous Nemo: Ocean acidification could make fish anxious

Ocean acidification, which is caused by rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere being absorbed into the sea, has made many worry because of the problems it will likely create, such as a decline in shellfish.

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LiveScience

US offers 30-year permits for killing eagles under wind energy plan

Under pressure from the wind-power industry, the Obama administration said it will allow companies to kill or injure eagles without the fear of prosecution for up to three decades.

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Rice farming in Africa can be difficult for female farmers, as most of the land, resources, capital, knowledge, and equipment go to males. (Photo by Africa Renewal)

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