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Pressure grows on Uzbekistan to stop using forced labor in cotton fields. (Photo by Chris Shervey)

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Pressure on Uzbekistan to stop forced cotton labor

A growing number of international companies have declared their refusal to source cotton from Uzbekistan until it ceases the forced labor of children and adults in its cotton fields.

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Thomas Reuters Foundation

Forced labor in Uzbekistan: in the land of cotton

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(Economist)

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Iran says ‘too soon to judge’ if progress made at Geneva talks

A senior Iranian negotiator cautioned it was too early to say whether the Islamic Republic and six world powers made progress towards resolving the decade-old standoff over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions.

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Reuters

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Iran lays out compromises on nuclear program in PowerPoint presentation

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CBS News

Federal shutdown derails refugee resettlement

Roughly 4,500 refugees cleared for the U.S. now face delays. The shutdown’s cascading effect on complex approval, documentation and travel logistics will delay many arrivals for months.

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USA TODAY

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After House stalls, Dems and GOP in Senate reboot shutdown, debt plan talks

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CNN

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Why emerging markets look good amid the shutdown

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CNBC

Mexico’s streets of fire

Street protests have long been a staple of Mexican politics and culture, a powerful outlet for millions of people who feel alienated from the political class. They have become more frequent, volatile and violent, analysts say.

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Newsweek

Amnesty: Hundreds killed in detention in Nigeria

Hundreds of people are dying in military detention from shootings, suffocation or starvation as Nigeria’s security forces crack down on an Islamic uprising in the northeast, Amnesty International said.

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Denver Post

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Miner gives $62M to west Australia universities

Mining magnate Andrew Forrest pledged to give 65 million Australian dollars ($62 million) to university education in his home state in one of Australia’s largest philanthropic donations.

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Yahoo! News

Study: Fast-food workers rely on $7 billion in aid

The low wages paid to fast-food workers are costing taxpayers $7 billion a year in public assistance, according to a study released by the UC Berkeley Labor Center.

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San Francisco Chronicle

HUMAN RIGHTS

Malala Yousafzai backlash intensifies in Pakistan

Malala Yousafzai, the 16-year-old Pakistani advocate of women’s education, has triggered a long-simmering backlash and waves of resentment in Pakistan.

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Newsweek

UK will press Sri Lanka on human rights at summit

The U.K.‘s delegation to the Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka will press government to ensure progress on human rights and reconciliation years after its long civil war ended.

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ABC News

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Sri Lanka hits out at Canada over Commonwealth meet row

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Telegraph.co.uk

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

With Obama away, the Chinese play

As the U.S. shutdown forced Obama to cancel a series of high-stakes visits to Asia, China has taken center stage, boosting ties with Asian neighbors and promising multi-billion trade and investment deals.

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IPS

Giant companies pinpricked by ‘direct democracy’

A Swiss village decided to reject tax money from a Glencore firm, donating instead to charities. Other towns may follow, sending a strong signal to the government to introduce transparency rules.

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IPS

Native American tribe battles corporations

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(Al Jazeera)

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POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE

Gay candidate blazes new trail in Israel mayoral race

As a candidate to become the Middle East‘s first openly gay mayor, Nitzan Horowitz is hoping his bid to run Israel’s famously liberal city of Tel Aviv will help homosexuals across a region where they are widely frowned upon.

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Reuters

Turkey’s relationship with EU ‘poisoned’

Turkey’s relationship with the European Union has been “poisoned”, its ambassador to Brussels has said, on the eve of a major report which is widely expected to offer little prospect of it joining the 28-member bloc.

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Telegraph.co.uk

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Underwater Internet may be coming to an ocean near you

Researchers are developing a “deep-sea computing network” that could bring Wi-Fi access underwater to better detect tsunamis, collect data, and monitor offshore activity.

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CNET News

Killer drone vehicle debuts

Killer robots aren’t quite here yet, but visions of Terminators got a little closer with a new piece of hardware from defense contractor Northrop Grumman.

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Columns And Op-Ed

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‘Balanced’ coverage ignores nine reasons why the shutdown is a GOP Idea

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Al Jazeera

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Traditional innovation in farming is under threat

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Thomas Reuterss Foundation

India kills Wal-Mart retail that could benefit millions in poverty

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Forbes

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GOOD NEWS

Photographer helps cancer survivors heal with underwater pictures

Shimoda’s Underwater Healer project works with people who have dealt with traumatic experiences and helps them rebuild their self-esteem through underwater photography.

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CBS News

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Scene pink: Breast cancer lunch features Lufkin, Harvard

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Bloomberg

Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates teach coding fundamentals to computer newbies

Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates have also struck a deal with the non-profit organization, Code.org, to offer actual tutorials to those students during Code.org’s debut program, “Hour of Code.”

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ABC News

NGOS AND NONPROFITS

US nonprofit hospital CEO annual pay averages $600,000

Heads of U.S. nonprofit hospitals earn an average of almost $600,000 a year, compensation that isn’t tied to quality measures such as mortality rates, a Harvard University study found.

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Bloomberg

US brain research team wins $1 million prize in Israel for technology that aids paralyzed

An Israeli nonprofit group has awarded a $1 million prize to a U.S.-based research team that is developing technology that allows paralyzed people to move things with their thoughts.

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Star Tribune

ENVIRONMENT

Climate change affects Guyana’s coconut farms

Higher yields but more pests have led farmers to learn fresh methods as they adapt to new challenges.

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Al Jazeera

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Climate change creates complicated consequences for North America’s forests

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e! Science News

Moose die-off is massive, and a mystery to scientists

Moose populations across swaths of the US are declining at an unprecedented rate, imperiling fragile ecosystems and putting the moose tourism industry on edge.

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Christian Science Monitor

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The moose population is in major decline and scientists are tying to find out why whether it is climate change, over-hunting, disease. to an increase of tick populations. (Photo by Barbara Ledger)

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