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Riot police in Kiev, Ukraine stand ready for civil disobedience from the protesters while crosses indicate a boundary line. (Photo by Christiaan Triebert)

After 25 die, protesters to stand ground in Ukraine

They’ve given up ground before voluntarily, as a political concession, but that seems to be over. After the deaths of 25 people in earlier clashes, Ukrainian protesters are prepared to stand and fight again.

CNN

World leaders condemn Ukraine bloodshed

TIME

Renewed Ukraine clashes as EU weighs sanctions

USA TODAY

G8 New Alliance condemned as new wave of colonialism in Africa

A G8 initiative to boost agriculture and relieve poverty has been condemned after African governments agreed to change seed, land and tax laws to favour private investors over small farmers.

Guardian

Venezuelan opposition leader to face murder, terrorism charges

Facing anti-government protests, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro appears ready to move forward with the prosecution of a leading opposition figure on charges of terrorism and murder.

CNN

Opposition headquarters raided by security forces in Venezuela

Reuters

Ecuador oil boom sparks fighting between native tribes

An unprecedented drilling push by Ecuador’s government has brought tensions to the country’s Amazon lowlands by triggering brutal warfare between the Waorani and a smaller tribe.

The News-Herald

Ecuador: Rural school motivates children to overcome challenges

Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting

Egyptian militants warn tourists to leave or face attack

A militant Islamist group has warned tourists to leave Egypt and threatened to attack any who stay, raising the prospect of a new front in a fast-growing insurgency in the biggest Arab nation.

Yahoo! News

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Washington state lawmakers pass measure giving immigrants college aid

Washington state lawmakers have voted to make students brought to the United States illegally by their parents eligible for need-based college financial aid.

Reuters

Over 3 days, volunteers pack 2 million meals

8,810 volunteers put together 2,029,536 meals to be shipped to El Salvador, Haiti and the Philippines. Rice, soy, vegetables and other nutrients will provide a daily meal for a year to 5,560 children.

ABC News

HUMAN RIGHTS

Sierra Leone: mining boom brings rights abuses

The government of Sierra Leone and a mining company have undermined villagers’ access to food and prevented workers from challenging abusive practices, Human Rights Watch said.

Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch says Saudi authorities deported 12,000 Somalis

Human Rights Watch says Saudi authorities have deported more than 12,000 migrants to Somalia since the beginning of the year. Some Somalis have been sent back home to areas where their lives are at risk.

FOX News

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

E-Commerce gives a lift to China’s rural farmers

A recent series of food safety scandals has created a hunger in China’s big cities for natural or traditionally grown food, absent buckets of fertilizer and pesticide.

BusinessWeek

Black entrepreneurs give opportunities to communities

In the post-Great Recession, Internet-enhanced era, black entrepreneurs such as Fant are creating jobs and providing services that people in his target demographic might have difficulty finding otherwise.

USA TODAY

POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE

Quebec set to legalise medical aid in dying

Quebec appears poised to legalise medically-assisted suicide as a law is expected to be voted on later this month, making it the first province in Canada to allow the controversial practice.

Al Jazeera

In Zimbabwe, political crisis turns violent

A senior opposition official was assaulted by members of his own party, further fraying the only group capable of challenging President Mugabe.

Christian Science Monitor

Violence — Tsvangirai’s survival tactic

allAfrica.com

US congressman arrested in Zimbabwe

Reuters

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Monkey brain waves control hand of paralysed pal

A monkey controlling the hand of its unconscious cage-mate with its thoughts may sound like animal voodoo, but it is a step towards returning movement to people with spinal cord injuries.

New Scientist

How bones can reveal child abuse

About 9.2 children per 1,000 in the U.S. were victims of abuse in 2012, while 2.1 per 100,000 lost their lives to it in 2011, according to annual data. But some researchers think these numbers don’t tell the whole story.

LiveScience

Columns And Op-Ed

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How tech companies scare women away from tech

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Out of Florence, Europe’s economic renaissance?

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Chemical spill exposes huge gaps in oversight

USA TODAY

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GOOD NEWS

13 tales of survival from around the world

Stories of survival often include extraordinary challenges and hardship, but they inspire. These survivors experienced tough situations and lived to tell about their ordeals.

Christian Science Monitor

Haiti’s farmers savour sweet taste of success with ice-cream venture

A pair of U.S. entrepreneurs have joined forces with smallholder farmers in Haiti to help propel them out of poverty and into the delicious world of ice-cream.

Guardian

NGOS AND NONPROFITS

Harlem non-profit serves African diaspora and homeland

African Services Committee offers testing and referral services for sexually transmitted diseases, and other immigrant support services specifically geared to New York’s African community.

Voice of America

Ustream launches nonprofit to support citizen journalism in Ukraine

As demonstrations in Kiev descended into chaos, striking pictures came from citizen journalists. Live streamers like Ukrstream.tv and Spilno.tv have been covering the protests nonstop.

CNNMoney

ENVIRONMENT

Wild weather puts climate back on global agenda before 2015 deadline

Bitter cold in the U.S might contradict global warming, but with Britain‘s wettest winter and Australia’s hottest summer, extreme weather has pushed climate change back on the political agenda.

Thomas Reuters Foundation

Winter storm brings snow and Ice to Midwest, Northeast

wunderground

Elephants console each other in times of distress

Asian elephants console each other when they are distressed by touching and “talking” to each other, according to new research suggesting the animals have the ability to be both empathetic and reassuring.

The Independent

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Protesters from a barricade at Hrushevskogo street in Kiev, Ukraine where anti-governmental protests turned into violent clashes. (Photo by Sasha Maksymenko)

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