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Inmates clean up trash along Route 66. A high proportion of inmates are mentally ill and under-served by the justice system. (Photo by Marcia Wichary)

Mentally ill inmates locked up in jails that can’t help

States have gradually cut billions from their mental health budgets, shuttering clinics. The result is thousands of mentally ill people in and out of the nation’s jails — locked up in facilities that are ill-equipped to help them.

NPR

How the Obamacare wars hurt the mentally ill

MSNBC

Looting, fighting and remoteness block aid to 300,000 in South Sudan

Looting, fighting and the remoteness of displaced people have prevented aid reaching 282,000 South Sudanese displaced within the country, the United Nations said.

Thomas Reuters Foundation

Iran freezes nuclear work

Iran suspended the most sensitive work of its nuclear program, starting the implementation of an interim deal with world powers that will lift some of the sanctions that have pummeled the nation’s economy.

BusinessWeek

A look at the deal between Iran, world powers

NPR

Ukraine street violence erupts as protesters defy new laws

Street violence flared up in Ukraine as protesters battled police in defiance of new laws aimed at subduing anti-government demonstrations.

BusinessWeek

Vitali Klitschko sprayed with fire extinguisher powder during Kiev riots

Huffington Post

4 years after Haiti’s earthquake, still waiting for a roof

A 7.0 magnitude earthquake collapsed almost half a million buildings in 35 seconds leaving 1.5 million people homeless. Four years later, some 200,000 people are still stuck in camps.

IPS

Haiti earthquake: What has US aid bought?

GlobalPost

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Red Cross ready to step up Syria aid, help prisoner swaps

The Red Cross is ready to deliver aid to besieged towns in Syria and facilitate prisoner exchanges if the warring sides agree to confidence-building measures at peace talks in Switzerland, a senior official told Reuters.

Reuters

Canada pledges financial aid to West Bank

Prime Minister Stephen Harper of Canada said the staunch Israeli ally would provide additional financial support for the West Bank, as he met Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in Ramallah.

Yahoo! News

HUMAN RIGHTS

Report says Assad regime guilty of ‘industrial-scale killing’ in civil war

Three former international prosecutors have accused Syria of large-scale killing and torture in a report — based on evidence of a defector — commissioned by Qatar, which backs Syrian rebels, the Guardian and CNN reported.

Japan Times

Rights group: Law failing to protect child brides

Cultural traditions and a lack of legal protections are driving girls around the world into early marriage, subjecting them to violence, poverty and mistreatment, an international human rights group says.

BusinessWeek

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Indonesia’s ore export ban comes into effect

The Indonesian government put into effect a ban on exporting raw ore from the mineral-rich country. The law, requiring minerals to be processed domestically, has some fearing job losses and worsening air pollution.

Al Jazeera

Nickel climbs to three-week high on Indonesia’s ore ban

Bloomberg

China’s 2013 economic growth dodges 14-year low but further slowing seen

China’s economy narrowly missed expectations for growth to hit 14-year lows in 2013, though some economists say a cooldown will be inevitable this year as officials and investors hunker down for difficult reforms.

Reuters

China GDP beats estimates, but markets don’t care

CNBC

POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE

Central African Republic chooses capital’s mayor as president

Central African Republic lawmakers chose their capital’s mayor, Catherine Samba-Panza, to become interim president and lead the country out of months of sectarian killings towards elections.

Thomas Reuters Foundation

‘Forgotten’ Central African Republic at risk of genocide, says NGO

EurActiv

PAC to recall entire CRC board over pay-offs

The Public Accounts Committee wants to recall the board of the Central Remedial Clinic and revisit a sizable payments and severance package to its former chief executive, Paul Kiely.

Irish Times

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

US Marine gets 1st prosthetic arm controlled by implantable sensors

Staff Sergeant James Sides lost his right arm in an IED explosion in Afghanistan. Now he’s the first patient in an FDA trial testing an implantable, muscle-connected controller for prosthetics.

FOX News

A Marine with a prosthetic hand controlled by his own muscles

We now have the space-faring technology, and getting humans to Mars actually seems within reach. It would involve massive resources and a lot of danger, but some believe the rewards would be massive.

NPR

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Petula Dvorak):

Devastating toll of mental illness demands our attention

Washington Post

Column (Mark J. Valencia):

Ambiguous fisheries law sets up in-your-face conundrum for China

Japan Times

Editorial:

Watch out: Bills threaten endangered species protection

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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GOOD NEWS

Land cleared for reforms in Taiwan

The Taiwan farmers landmark court victory has delivered a shock to government officials and given a morale boost to citizen campaigns.

IPS

Good Samaritan describes San Francisco Bay tourist rescue

A tourist from Taiwan is recovering after falling into the frigid waters of the San Francisco Bay. A Good Samaritan came to her rescue at Torpedo Pier near the Golden Gate Bridge.

ABC News

NGOS AND NONPROFITS

Princess Diana charity donations used for education of CEO’s children

The high-profile Halo Trust, which clears landmines from war zones, was facing severe criticism after revelations that its founder had his annual bill covered for his children to attend expensive boarding schools.

Daily Mail

Proposed Detroit grants test limits of philanthropic aid to cities

The foundations that agreed to pool $330 million to smooth the way for a bankruptcy settlement in Detroit are proposing to use philanthropy in an unprecedented way to shore up a troubled city.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

ENVIRONMENT

Pesticides ‘making bees smaller’

Bumblebees exposed to a widely-used pesticide produced workers with lower body mass, scientists find. Experts fear smaller bees will be less effective at foraging for nectar and distributing pollen.

Guardian

Hydropower dams threaten Europe’s last wild rivers

Europe’s last remaining wild rivers flow through the Balkans, providing stunning scenery and habitat to myriad plants and animals. But hundreds of dam projects threaten to do irreparable harm.

Spiegel International

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Street performers parade in custom at the ethnic festival Bukowiner Malankafest in Chernivtsi, Ukraine. (Photo by Alec- Chernivtsi Online)

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