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Sinkholes have been opening up around the Dead Sea since the 1980’s, water levels are down and there is more and more mud. The Dead Sea is dying. (Photo by David Shankbone)

US poverty remains high as incomes stall, census says

Statistics released by the Census Bureau present a portrait of a stagnant economy with poverty remaining high and incomes sluggish four years into the economic recovery.

Bloomberg

Blog:

The poverty rate ignores programs that fight poverty

(NPR)

Planet Money

232 million people left their countries for new ones — where did they go?

The U.N. released new data showing that 3.2 percent of the world’s population lives outside of their countries of birth. This has big implications as countries try to balance growth with unease over outsiders.

The Atlantic

Syria says Western powers forestalling peace talks

Syria accused Western powers of trying to wreck prospects for a negotiated settlement to the country’s conflict by imposing preconditions on the peace process and supporting rebel fighters.

Jerusalem Post

Russia will give UN ‘proof’ of Syria rebel chemical use

BBC

Sarin: the crude nerve agent used in Syria

Reuters

Iran: Nasrin Sotoudeh ‘among freed political prisoners’

Iran is reported to have freed at least 11 political prisoners, including noted human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh. The eight women and three men may also include the reformist Mohsen Aminzadeh.

BBC

Fed refrains from QE taper, keeps bond buying at $85 billion

The Federal Reserve unexpectedly refrained from reducing the pace of bond buying, saying it needs more evidence of lasting improvement in the economy.

Bloomberg

S&P 500, Dow close at record highs

USA TODAY

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

EU plans sanctions against newest member Croatia

Just before its official entry into the EU, Croatia amended its extradition laws to protect its citizens from prosecution abroad. Brussels plans to respond by suspending aid to the country.

Spiegel International

Eye-imaging ID unlocks aid dollars for Syrian civil war refugees

Biometric security systems identifying individuals by their irises are a centerpiece of the United Nations assistance strategy for Syrian refugees in Jordan.

Scientific American

HUMAN RIGHTS

Chinese university asks students to sign ‘suicide waivers’

A university in China asked first year students to sign a document absolving the school of responsibility should the student commit suicide — a macabre sign of growing pressures of Chinese society.

TIME

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Picking death over eviction in China

(New York Times)

Leaving the Land

Socio-economic status influences risk of violence against Aboriginal women

If Aboriginal women had the same income and education levels as non-Aboriginal women, their risk of being abused by a partner could drop by 40 percent, according to a new Canadian study.

ScienceDaily

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

NGOs claim poor countries lose $100B annually due to tax dodges by EU firms

Tax dodging by EU companies is costing poor countries at least $100 billion a year because of the EU’s failure to live up to legal obligations, European NGOs said.

Guardian

EU ready for talks with China on pact paving way for free trade

European Union countries will agree to talks with China on a pact making it easier to do business, paving the way for a free-trade deal between the world’s biggest markets, EU officials said.

Reuters

POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE

Pakistan Taliban say still at war with government troops

The Pakistani Taliban insisted they are still at war with government troops because peace talks have yet to start and the military is still launching multiple offensives against them.

Times of India

$900M military communications satellite launched

A rocket boosted a $900 million military communications satellite into orbit, the third in a series of high-speed, state-of-the-art relay stations shared by the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and the Netherlands.

CBS News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Voyager 1 is now the first mission to explore interstellar space

A blue dot in a cosmic ocean: Radio signal from NASA’s Voyager 1, as it travels outside our solar system, is seen from Earth for the first time, NASA says.

Daily Mail

Photos from NASA’s Voyager 1 and 2 probes

SPACE.com

Brazil looks to break from US-centric Internet

Brazil plans to divorce itself from the U.S.-centric Internet over Washington’s widespread online spying, a move that many fear will be a dangerous step toward fracturing a global network.

NBCNews.com

Brazilian president’s US state visit postponed over alleged spying

CNN

Columns And Op-Ed

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Sustainable energy for all is not just about dishing out cookstoves

Guardian

Column (Jim Arkedis):

It’s time for a new United Nations

The Atlantic

Blog (Dan Charles):

American farmers say they feed the world, but do they?

(NPR)

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GOOD NEWS

All infants in England to get free school lunches

All pupils at infant schools in England are to get free school lunches from next September, Lib Dem leader and Deputy PM Nick Clegg has announced.

BBC

Why fish farming can help people living with HIV in Liberia

With subsistence farming inadequate and meat and fish expensive luxuries, Liberia’s Grow2Feed farm is becoming an essential source of protein for those with HIV.

Guardian

NGOS AND NONPROFITS

UN honors DRC‘s ’humanitarian heroine’ nun

A nun working with survivors of displacement and abuse by the Lord’s Resistance Army in a remote corner of the DR Congo has been awarded the world’s most prestigious refugee prize.

Al Jazeera

New evidence on charitable gift restrictions and donor behavior

Gift restrictions are a common tool used by donors to ensure charitable intent. Due to costs and loss of ﬂexibility, gift restrictions are increasingly expensive for recipient non-profit organizations.

ScienceDaily

ENVIRONMENT

Majority of climate change news stories focus on uncertainty, study finds

The uncertainties of climate change science have become a major focus of media coverage on the subject, according to a report from Oxford University.

Guardian

Plastics and environment

Stating that the European Plastics Converters Association has a “hidden agenda” when it announced the call to ban oxo-biodegradable plastics, Michael F. Stephens has offered a rebuttal.

Plasteurope.com

World’s first 100% biodegradable plastic bag

CNN

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The sugar industry has tricked, harassed and threatened Cambodian villagers into giving up their land. About 80% of Cambodians do not have land titles to the land they live on. (Photo by Lucius Kwok)

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