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Sugar farms in developing countries like the Philippines can be vulnerable to land grabs by large corporations, according to a new Oxfam report. (Photo by Audrey Harry)

Coke, Pepsi accused of global land grab from poor

Land covering an area the size of Italy has been taken from indigenous communities around the world by suppliers to the biggest names in the food and drinks industry, according to a report by Oxfam.

The Independent

Oxfam pushes beverage giants to stop buying ‘blood sugar’

The Cambodia Daily

In China, it’s the grandparents who ‘lean in’

In order to help their children pursue professional goals, older Chinese people take an active role in raising grandchildren. But are changing demographics threatening this arrangement?

The Atlantic

Ethical tradition meets economics in an aging China

NPR

World perplexed by shutdown

As the U.S. government creaked toward a shutdown, the world looked on with a little anxiety and a lot of dismay. Analysts worry about its harmful impact on other economies.

Japan Times

World War II veterans cross memorial barricades despite shutdown

ABC News

US to expel Venezuelan diplomats in retaliation

Three Venezuelan diplomats are being expelled from the U.S. after Caracas exported American officials accused of plotting to sabotage of the Venezuelan economy.

BBC

World population to reach 9.7 billion by 2050, new study predicts

A bi-annual report by the French Institute of Demographic Studies projected there would be 10 to 11 billion people on the planet by the end of the century.

Telegraph.co.uk

100-Dollar dream teases Bangladesh workers

On the industrial outskirts of Dhaka, which is dotted with big and small clothes factories, thousands of workers took to the streets demanding a minimum wage rise.

IPS

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

DR Congo: Auditors criticize EU’s aid

Many EU projects aimed at building justice and good governance in the Democratic Republic of Congo are failing to deliver results, European auditors say.

BBC

UN shifts Syria aid focus to prepare for long term

The UN is shifting its aid effort for Syria to prepare for long-term help to neighboring countries to cope with the humanitarian crisis, the head of the refugee agency UNHCR said.

Reuters

HUMAN RIGHTS

Senegal: US to give $1 million to Habré court

A U.S. contribution to the Senegalese court charged with trying the former Chadian dictator Habré affirms the importance of Senegal’s efforts to ensure justice for Chadian victims in Africa.

Human Rights Watch

UN experts urge POSCO to halt steel plant in India

A U.N. panel urged South Korean steel giant POSCO to suspend plans for a steel plant over concerns the project threatened the rights and livelihoods of thousands in eastern India.

ABC News

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Global economy: Faith in revival put to test

Yet another budget showdown in Washington and yet another government crisis in Italy herald more turbulence for a global economy growing well below trend.

Reuters

The 10 stealth economic trends that rule the world

The Atlantic

Germany is exporting its grandmas

One in five Germans now consider going abroad for nursing home care. Families say it’s their best option to provide a dignified old age for their parents — and save money.

BusinessWeek

POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE

Putin nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

Despite Russia’s role as the main supplier of weapons to Bashar al-Assad’s regime, an advocacy group has nominated the president because he “actively promotes settlement of all conflicts arising on the planet.”

The Independent

Report: Israel has caused peace talks to reach a dead-end

Israeli-Palestinian peace talks have been halted due to Israel’s “refusal to engage in serious negotiations about borders, focusing instead on security,” the Al-Hayat newspaper reported.

Jerusalem Post

Israel increases rate of home demolitions as peace talks chug along

Christian Science Monitor

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

How astronomers mapped the patchy clouds of an alien world

The first map of the clouds on an extrasolar planet has been laid out in a paper to be published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters, based on readings from the Kepler and Spitzer space telescopes.

NBCNews.com

Window on infinity: pictures from Space

TIME

US submits list of 10 defense technologies for transfer to India

The U.S. has submitted a list of 10 defense technologies for transfer to India, bringing it into a small group of close allies with which America shares such sensitive details.

Times of India

Putting a face on a robot

A new study from the Georgia Institute of Technology finds that older and younger people have varying preferences about what they would want a personal robot to look like.

ScienceDaily

Columns And Op-Ed

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Google edges closer to antitrust deal with Europe

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One in eight suffers from chronic hunger globally, UN Report Says

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In shutdown, an attack on women’s health

CNN

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GOOD NEWS

From $1 to $200m: An Indian success story

Poor and with little education, seven Mumbai housewives came together in 1959 with a borrowed capital to start a business making papads, a crispy bread made from flour and spices.

Al Jazeera

Judge upholds Glasgow woman’s housing benefit challenge

A disabled woman from Glasgow has won a ruling that changes to housing benefit breached her human rights.

BBC

NGOS AND NONPROFITS

Government shutdown: What it means for nonprofits

From determining how to pay staff to facing increased demand for their services, nonprofits that rely on government funding are going to feel the effects of the federal shutdown.

Associations Now

Golos NGO suspended for 3 months

The Justice Ministry has suspended the activities of a regional branch of the independent election watchdog Golos over its failure to register as a “foreign agent."

Moscow Times

ENVIRONMENT

Senegal struggles to safeguard seed quality

Senegal‘s 1994 legislation on seed certification has been hugely influential, inspiring West Africa’s harmonized law on quality seed production — yet Dakar still struggles with shortages.

allAfrica.com

Global warming eats sandy beaches

A new study has taken a stab at figuring out just how much land we could lose this century due to sea level rise, how many people will be forced to move and how much it will all cost.

Discovery News

Photo of the Day

The Mombasa-Kampala-Kigali railway project will connect major cities in Kenya and Rwanda while reducing the strain on the roads. (Photo by Jennifer Wu)

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