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Despite its bankruptcy as a city, Detriot is experiencing pockets of revival where developers and new businesses are making thriving neighborhoods. (Photo by Sam Beebe)

Detroit residents work to engage the community

Detroit residents are breathing new life into their communities, despite the city’s filing for bankruptcy. Neighborhoods are working to attract developers to rehab blighted buildings and create new jobs.

PBS NewsHour

Detroit’s bankruptcy case in court

BBC

Hamburg Unrest: One City, Two Sides, Thousands of Refugees

The city of Hamburg continues to be rocked by protests over the treatment of thousands of asylum seekers. As the argument rages on, the refugees struggle to get by.

Spiegel International

Drone strikes may be war crimes

Human rights groups called on the United States to do more to investigate the numbers of civilians killed and wounded by CIA drone strikes targeting al-Qaeda leaders in Pakistan.

USA TODAY

US drone strike killings ‘unlawful’

BBC

US military expects approval of Afghan security pact

The U.S. is confident that Afghanistan will approve a security agreement that would let some American troops remain in the country after most forces pull out in 2014.

Bloomberg

US defends drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen

BBC

Redefining Confinement

More pregnant asylum seekers are being sent from Australian immigration facilities to Nauru as the government’s media blackout on the “detainees” continues.

The Global Mail

“These People Are Human, Not A Political Toy”

The Global Mail

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Norway freezes aid to South Korean climate group

The Norwegian government said it has frozen its donations to a South Korea-based organization after reports emerged that its chairman spent huge sums on flights and food.

Yahoo! News

Philanthropy should help strengthen American democracy

Foundations, which often provide a lead for the nonprofit world, should be doing more. We should begin by strengthening the organizations that are already active.

Huffington Post

HUMAN RIGHTS

China arrests pro-human rights businessman

The police in Beijing have formally arrested a prominent Chinese businessman who turned his energies and wealth to supporting human rights causes, his lawyer said.

CNBC

El Salvador: Where women may be jailed for miscarrying

A side-effect of El Savator’s tough anti-abortion law is that women who suffer miscarriages or stillbirths are sometimes suspected of inducing an abortion, and can even be jailed for murder.

BBC

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Development, drought threaten future of Tanzania pastures

As Tanzania’s savanna landscape evolves over time, unexpected consequences ripple through the food chain.

Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting

African countries agree to curb illegal timber trade in the Congo Basin

Governments from Africa’s main timber producing countries, timber industry representatives and civil society organizations all agreed to jointly combat illegal timber trade in the Congo Basin.

African Press Organization

POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE

Cuba announces move toward currency unification

Cuba’s government announced that it will take the first step toward eliminating a two-currency system that has become an uncomfortable manifestation of economic inequality on the island.

ABC News

Afghanistan disqualifies 16 from presidential race

The top contenders for Afghanistan’s 2014 presidential elections all survived a preliminary disqualification round that eliminated 16 minor candidates for not meeting requirements, officials said.

Yahoo! News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Troops call for military airstrike? There’s an app for that

The U.S. military is developing an app that may enable troops in battle to call in airstrikes from smartphones. The technology could help reduce friendly or civilian casualties during combat operations.

LiveScience

Britain may hire hackers for cyberdefense

Britain may recruit convicted computer hackers to a new military unit dedicated to combatting cyberattacks, Defense Secretary Philip Hammond said.

Yahoo! News

EU pushes for stricter data protection after Snowden’s NSA revelations

TIME

Columns And Op-Ed

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Editorial:

Drone strikes that hit civilians: Time to rethink intelligence

Christian Science Monitor

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How Twitter fans kept NASA alive during the US shutdown

(LiveScience)

Expert Voices

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Syria’s grinding war and the toll it takes on children

(NPR)

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GOOD NEWS

Women-only travel clubs take off in India

With growing education, employment and income, India’s women from the cities are shaking off traditional notions and seeking company from their sisterhood while traveling.

Al Jazeera

Dallas mosque feeds the hungry at a ‘Day of Dignity’

Through its Beacon of Light community center, Masjid al Islam mosque in southeast Dallas serves more than 15,000 free meals per year, mostly to non-Muslims.

Christian Science Monitor

NGOS AND NONPROFITS

Group makes 3-D backups of world landmarks

A nonprofit named CyArk has created digital copies of more than 100 of the world’s best-known monuments, mapping Roman ruins, ancient statues and even an entire island.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

State senator says her NGOs have never misused state funds

State Treasurer John Kennedy continues to spar with a Baton Rouge lawmaker over the financial status of her husband’s nonprofit.

Times-Picayune

ENVIRONMENT

UN climate chief delivers global climate treaty

The head of the U.N. body tasked with delivering a global climate treaty broke down in tears at a meeting in London as she spoke about the impact of global warming on coming generations.

BBC

US carbon dioxide emissions drop 3.8 percent

LiveScience

Gold grows on Eucalyptus trees

Australian researchers have found that microscopic gold particles from underground ore deposits are present in tree leaves.

National Geographic

China blames weather for hampering efforts to banish smog

China’s battle against a persistent air pollution crisis, which all but shut down a city of 11 million this week, is being hampered by tough weather conditions, an environmental official said.

Reuters

China smog emergency cripples city of million

NBCNews.com

Photo of the Day

More than 10 million people have been affected by Cyclone Phailin. The Indian Red Cross is working with Odisha and Andhra Pradesh many of whom are still without power or drinking water. (Photo by IFRC)

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