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Young country South Sudan fares slightly better than Sudan on the most corrupt counties index scoring 14 and 11, respectively, out of 100. Somalia scored the lowest at eight. (Photo by Ragnhild H. Simenstad, UD)

Two Arab states less corrupt than Israel

Somalia, Sudan, Libya, Iraq and Syria, are among the bottom ten in the latest Corruption Perceptions Index, but United Arab Emirates, ranks 22nd, and Qatar, 28th, both ahead of Israel which ranks 36th.

The Jewish Press

Botswana the least corrupt in Africa, Mozambique remains among the corrupt

allAfrica.com

US regulators seek to curb Wall St. trades with Volcker rule

U.S. banks will no longer be able to make big trading bets with their own money after regulators on finalized the Volcker rule and shut down what was a hugely profitable business for Wall Street before the credit crisis.

Reuters

Syrian army captures key town of Nabek

Syrian troops seized a key opposition-held town along a major north-south highway critical for transporting the government’s chemical weapons stocks to a port where they could be shipped out for destruction.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Syria’s Internet is down again

NBCNews.com

Syrian troops seize strategic town

YouTube

Protests turn increasingly combustible as Ukraine president announces talks

Ukrainian President Yanukovych wants to establish a “platform for understanding,” but with riot police taking up positions around the main protest site in Kiev, the conciliatory move may come too late.

Christian Science Monitor

Statue of Lenin torn down in Kiev

Belfast Telegraph

Activists seek sharp swords in human rights battle

Human rights suffer when companies extract oil, mine the earth or produce cheap clothing. When those affected take the matter to court, they often have little hope of compensation or support.

Deutsche Welle

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Justin Bieber visits Philippine typhoon victims

Teen heartthrob Justin Bieber visited young victims of Typhoon Haiyan after launching a worldwide campaign to help those affected by the deadly storm.

USA TODAY

Aid agencies ‘paid Somalia’s al Shabaab’ during famine

Aid agencies paid Somalia’s al Shabaab militants for access to areas under their control in the 2011 famine, according to a joint report by two think tanks.

BBC

HUMAN RIGHTS

Drugs and poverty blight Northern Nigeria

Unemployment, rampant abject poverty, and lack of education are fueling drug use in Kano State.

Al Jazeera

Premier urges new approach to human rights

Bahrain urged the international community to adopt a more comprehensive approach to human rights. The call came on the eve of the U.N. Day for Human Rights.

Gulf Daily News

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African American leaders want war on drugs and mass incarceration to end

Huffington Post

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

WTO not able to reconcile trade and development

Bali deal confirms World Trade Organization not able to reconcile trade and development. The package agreed in Bali, and released with great fanfare, demonstrates how unbalanced the global trade agenda still is.

Scoop

After 20 years, WTO members agree to first global trade deal

Indian Express

UN: Israel to allow some materials into Gaza again

Israel has agreed to again allow imports of construction materials into Gaza after a two-month clampdown following the discovery of a tunnel dug by militants from Gaza’s coastal strip into Israel.

Yahoo! News

POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE

US organization optimistic on Afghan elections

The National Democratic Institute for International Affairs believes that while elections next April in Afghanistan are unlikely to be perfect, they should be better than previous fraudulent polls.

ABC News

Honduras recount: Can a free and fair election also be fraudulent?

International observers say Honduras presidential election results are ‘transparent,’ but protesters are alleging fraud. A recount may settle the dispute.

Christian Science Monitor

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Marine Corps testing new ‘Blackjack’ surveillance drone

The U.S. Marine Corps is testing a new surveillance drone that can fly for up to 16 hours, and reach targets 100 miles (160 kilometers) away.

LiveScience

Now there’s a zombie drone that hunts, controls, and kills other drones

Mother Jones

Floating seismic devices peer deep beneath ocean floor

The vast two-thirds of the planet that is covered by water is largely invisible to us. But now, researchers are trying to map the areas of the deep ocean and beyond using seismic equipment.

LiveScience

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

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To get kids exercising, schools are becoming creative

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What can help Central African Republic? Lessons from Sierra Leone

(Guardian)

Poverty matters

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Curiosity finds evidence of ancient freshwater lake on Mars

(NPR)

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GOOD NEWS

Million-miler donates holiday flights to less fortunate

Peter Shankman is donating 25 round-trip flights for the holidays using his own frequent flier miles and some help from anonymous donors and JetBlue.

ABC News

Science gets playful

Imagine: sharing a secret with a friend by touching your finger to her ear; rubbing a book‘s page to reveal a hidden message; or feeling the texture of a mountain range on a flat computer screen.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

NGOS AND NONPROFITS

Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates put $9M into non-profit to improve school broadband

A a non-profit called EducationSuperHighway is announcing a significant funding round of $9 million to help schools get on the internet fast track.

TechCrunch

United Way improves traction

The demand for social services is becoming more complex and larger, which has become something that American NGOs can help with.

China Daily

ENVIRONMENT

Japan‘s whaling fleet en route to Southern Ocean for ’scientific’ hunts

Japan‘s whaling fleet is on its way to the Southern Ocean, where it hopes to kill almost a thousand whales this winter as the world awaits a ruling on Australia’s landmark legal attempt to ban the controversial hunts.

Guardian

Distinct humpback whale populations found in Pacific

Discovery News

How can I live in a passive house?

Who wouldn’t want to live in a passive house? This system of building gives a house an air-tight, highly insulated shell that avoids interruptions from things like normal windows.

Guardian

Passive house takes on upstate winter

WRVO

Photo of the Day

Ecuadorean Ministers of Justice and Senplades (Development) bike to work as part of a national initiative called Ciclópolis. (Photo by Fernanda LeMarie - Cancillería del Ecuador)

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