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Protesters in Taiwan opposed to the government’s strengthening of trade ties to China take a break from their peaceful sit-in to clean up rubbish.  (Photo by Kirby Wu) Police and students clash over trade protests Riot police evicted scores of protesters from Taiwan’s executive building after rallies over a controversial trade deal between Taiwan and mainland China entered. CNN ‘I am a journalist’ Canadian jailed in Cairo yells Shouting out from a metal cage, an Egyptian-Canadian journalist imprisoned in Cairo told a court that he wasn’t a member of an outlawed Islamist group the local government considers a terror organization. The Canadian Press   8 dead in Washington state mudslide Eight people have been confirmed dead in a devastating mudslide that struck a small riverside neighborhood in Washington state. Authorities said that 108 people were still missing. Time Washington landslide CNN China seeks full evidence on MH370 Malaysia said that a missing Boeing 777 jetliner had crashed into the Indian Ocean, an announcement that was greeted with huge grief by Chinese relatives of those on board. Irish Times Malaysia Airlines MH370: Relatives in Beijing scuffles BBC As it happened: Malaysia plane lost in ocean BBC US to overhaul NSA electronic surveillance policies The White House wants the National Security Agency to get out of the business of sweeping up and storing vast amounts of data on Americans’ phone calls. CBC News   PHILANTHROPY AND AID The conservative myth of a social safety net built on charity Ideology is as much about understanding the past as shaping the future. Conservatives tell themselves a story about the way the world was and can be again under Republican policies. The Atlantic Cincinnati startup takes local philanthropy mobile A Cincinnati startup, Giveunity, wants to make charitable giving to local nonprofits easier through its mobile philanthropy application. Cincinnati Business Courier HUMAN RIGHTS Egypt puts Muslim Brotherhood leader, 682 others on trial Egypt outlawed Muslim Brotherhood and 682 others went on trial, just after over 500 supporters of deposed Islamist president Mohamed Mursi were sentenced to death. Reuters Affordable Care Act and birth control: Can corporations assert religious rights? Supreme Court justices are poised to examine if President Obama’s Affordable Care Act violates the religious rights of company owners who object to being forced to pay for birth control that offend their religious beliefs. Christian Science Monitor DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE Visa and MasterCard resume service at 2 Russian banks Credit cards are working again at two Russian banks after both Visa and MasterCard had shut down services based on concerns about dealing with firms linked to U.S. sanctions. CNNMoney Western banks lend billions to Russia CNNMoney Crimea fears knock down global stocks Global equity markets fell, rattled by the ongoing Ukraine crisis and weak data from China, while gold fell on concerns about higher U.S. interest rates and a stronger dollar. Reuters POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE US airlift support to bolster African hunt for violent warlord The U.S. military is deploying transport planes to Uganda in response to African Union requests for support in the hunt for the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army extremist group. Chicago Tribune Japan to turn over nuclear cache to US Japan will hand over a decades-old stockpile of material large enough to build dozens of nuclear weapons in President Obama’s biggest success yet in securing nuclear materials. Time Review: ‘Fukushima: a catastrophe that could happen here Seattle Times Ukraine may dominate talk at nuclear summit Columbus Dispatch SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY New wearable antenna could aid in health monitoring A new, flexible antenna that can stretch and bend with a person’s movement could be used in wearable health monitoring devices, say the researchers who designed the device. LiveScience Cloud-based archive tool to help catch child abusers Victims of child sexual abuse could soon be identified more quickly thanks to law enforcement agency work on a cloud-based archive of abuse material. BBC   Columns And Op-Ed The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more. Column (John Skipper): Secrecy’s a fact of life in economic development globegazette.com Editorial: To safeguard Asia, Obama must first deal with a test of penitence Christian Science Monitor Editorial: Road hazard: Toyota pays dearly for ignoring its customers Pittsburgh Post-Gazette   Site edited by: Daniel Acosta, Amy Marie Phillips, Jordan Littell, Akanksha Kaul and Tanya Flowers.   GOOD NEWS New strategy would drop college textbook costs to zero Universities are exploring ways to bring textbook costs to zero with “open-source” electronic textbooks — an experiment in changing the way students are taught. Baltimore Sun Hero dad saves daughter from kidnapper, helps catch kidnapper A man grabbed an 11-year-old girl and tried to run off with her but the child‘s father wrested her from the kidnapper’s grasp. The father and other family members held him until authorities showed up. CBS News NGOS AND NONPROFITS Working to measure the global impact of the nonprofit’s giving We found that the way most people measure the impact of an NGO is how much money you give away, which is great if you’re the Gates Foundation. Computerworld Fernando Garcia bridges the gap between residents and law enforcers His Border Network for Human Rights doesn’t just point out problems but proposes solutions. It could become a national model for dealing with immigrant rights. Christian Science Monitor ENVIRONMENT Climate change also means opportunities, scientists say at Yokohama meeting Among the risks global warming poses for humanity are opportunities to improve public health and build a better world, scientists at a climate change conference in Yokohama said. Japan Times Ebola in Guinea threatens 3-nation spread as Unicef responds African Ebola outbreak threatens to spread from Guinea to neighboring Sierra Leone and Liberia, the U.N. said. Suspected cases are being investigated in southeast border areas, according to the World Health Organization. Bloomberg Guinea confirms deadly mystery epidemic as Ebola DW.DE   Photo of the Day Students from the Millstreet Community School in Millstreet, Ireland stage a sleepout to raise funds for Trocaire’s international water efforts.  (Photo by Trocaire)	DailySource Most Popular Most viewed Most shared Most recent Connect with Us Or enter Amazon via the box below and they will donate 4-7% of all purchases you make in the next 24 hours to us. Take a Quick Tour The Daily Quote Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive. 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