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Citizens shop for daily goods at open-air markets such as the Mahane Yehuda market, Jerusalem, Israel. (Photo by Emmanuel Dyan)

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Overwhelmed immigration courts could face further delays

It can take three years to get a hearing under the current immigration court system. Many expect delays to become worse due to the deluge of tens of thousands of Central American children crossing the U.S.-Mexican border.

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Christian Science Monitor

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5 things to know about immigration courts

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San Francisco Chronicle

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No more migrant buses for Southern Calif.

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USA TODAY

Afghan candidates agree to vote audit

Afghanistan‘s two presidential election candidates have agreed to an audit in an attempt to resolve a dispute over the result of last month’s vote.

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BBC

After Hamas advance notice, rockets intercepted over Tel Aviv area

Rockets were fired at Tel Aviv, Israel and were intercepted over the area of the city following Hamas advance warning of the attack.

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International community steps up pressure to reach cease-fire

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Haaretz

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Israel deploys more missile interceptors, Gaza death toll up to 125

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Reuters

Donetsk is a ghost town awaiting Ukraine’s final battle

Donetsk, one of the last bastions of pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine, has become a ghost town as residents clog the roads and railway stations, desperate to escape advancing government troops.

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30 civilians killed, orphanage destroyed as Kiev forces hit town near Donetsk

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RT.com

Iraq headed for chaos unless politicians unite, UN says

Iraqi soldiers backed by Shi’ite militias fought Sunni rebels for control of a military base northeast of Baghdad as a U.N. envoy warned of chaos if divided lawmakers do not make progress toward naming a government.

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Reuters

Iraq airlifting volunteer reinforcements into Ramadi

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NPR

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Carl Ferenbach traded private equity for environmental philanthropy

Carl Ferenbach is the cofounder of a private equity firm, currently holding about $11 billion in assets. In retirement, Ferenbach is working in conservation, making large grants or buying and restoring farms in Vermont.

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Inside Philanthropy

You don’t need wealth to be a philanthropist

Chris Hohn was always interested in philanthropy, but as a realist, Hohn felt he had to be rich before joining the ranks of Warren Buffett et al. But the need to be rich to be a philanthropist is plain wrong.

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Guardian

HUMAN RIGHTS

‘Life ended there’: Interviews with the children of America’s border disaster

Underage migrants, a population long hidden from the public eye and absent from immigration debates, became breaking news this spring, when shocking pictures of kids in detention centers began circulating.

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Politico

7 gross human rights violations yet to be settled

The National Commission on Human Rights said that the next president will have to deal with seven cases of gross human rights violations yet to be resolved.

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Jakarta Post

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Camel, Newport makers talking merger as e-cigarettes roil industry

Two of the largest tobacco companies in the U.S. — Lorillard and Reynolds American — confirmed that they are discussing a major merger.

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Forbes

Spread of palm oil production into Africa threatens great apes

Palm oil production in Africa is picking up and the new farms there are threatening great ape populations in West and Central Africa, according to a new study.

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NPR

POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi to visit United States

Recently elected leader accepts invitation to Washington after being denied visa in 2005 over sectarian violence in Gujarat.

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Guardian

South Sudan economy ‘in intensive care’ as famine looms

Oil is the new nation’s greatest source of income. But since South Sudan declared its independence in July 2011, the oil wealth has not brought much development.

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BBC

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South Sudan: EU imposes sanctions on military leaders

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Guardian

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

CDC safety lapses shut labs, stop shipments

Citing an anthrax scare and other safety problems, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it shut down two research labs and stopped shipping highly dangerous germs to other labs.

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ABC News

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Feds tighten lab security after anthrax, bird flu blunders

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NPR

Like in humans, genes drive half of chimp intelligence, study finds

Genes determine about half of the variability in chimp intelligence and environmental factors the other half, according to researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center in Atlanta, Georgia.

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National Geographic

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GOOD NEWS

New sports club on a mission to revolutionize exercise

Life is too short for boring, repetitive exercise, say Charlotte Roach and Rosemary Pringle, the founders of Rabble, a company that creates crazy team games for adults looking for ‘funner fitness’.

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To cool cities, build them tall and shiny

A jungle of reflective skyscrapers will usually be better off than a low-lying district of similarly shaped townhouses.

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Pacific Standard

NGOS AND NONPROFITS

Nonprofits’ contraceptive cases next for justices

How much distance from an immoral act is enough? That’s the difficult question behind the next legal dispute over religion, birth control and the health law that is likely to be resolved by the Supreme Court.

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Magic Valley

Taxmen get teeth to discipline NGOs

Budget proposals are set to empower senior tax officials to cancel registration and withdraw tax exemption to nongovernment organizations, charitable institutions and trusts if they violate rules set exemptions.

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ENVIRONMENT

Huge trove of dinosaur footprints discovered in Alaska

A “world-class” dinosaur track site discovered in Alaska’s Denali National Park shows that herds of duck-billed dinosaurs thrived under the midnight sun.

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FOX News

Scientists warn of large, toxic algae bloom on Lake Erie

University of Michigan researchers and their colleagues predict a significant bloom of toxic blue-green algae in Lake Erie late this summer. It is expected to be larger than average but smaller than the record-setting 2011 event.

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CBC News

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Toxic algae to return to Lake Erie

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Nature World News

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Coyotes occupy every state in the U.S. lower 48. They are moving into cities where they are achieving a thriving, yet still mostly hidden, interaction with humans. (Photo by Dru Bloomfield)

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