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After a two week operation, military police in Rio de Janeiro have arrested 197 people and seized guns and drugs in its 35th favela raid to pacify violent areas of the city ahead of the World Cup. (Photo by David Berkowitz)

Panama to US: Clean up forgotten chemical weapons

As the U.S. presses for the rapid destruction of chemical weapons in Syria, a dispute lingers over unexploded chemical munitions left by the U.S. on a Panamanian island more than 60 years ago.

McClatchy Newspapers

Utah knows: Destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons will be a daunting task

Deseret News

EU immigration: only the rich are welcome

Poverty-stricken refugees are drowning in the Mediterranean while E.U. member states issue residence permits to wealthy Chinese, Arabs and Russians. Anyone is welcome who can pay the asking price.

Spiegel International

EU seeks Mediterranean migrant sea patrols

BBC

US shutdown erodes confidence in government

As the shutdown continues, public approval of U.S. Congress drops to a record low, reflecting a long-term erosion of public trust in the U.S. government.

Al Jazeera

Blog:

In new poll, Americans blame everyone for government shutdown

(TIME)

Swampland

Shutdown slows aid to families of US troops killed in Afghanistan

Reuters

North Korea puts army on alert, warns US of ‘horrible disaster’

North Korea said its military would be put on high alert and be ready to launch operations, after weeks of rhetoric against the U.S. and South Korea, whom it accuses of instigating hostility.

Reuters

How credible is North Korea‘s threat of ’horrible disaster’?

Christian Science Monitor

Brazil teacher protest ends in violence

A large demonstration in central Rio de Janeiro in support of better pay for teachers descended into chaos when a small group of protestors hurled firebombs at government buildings.

TIME

Rio de Janeiro protests turn violent

Telegraph.co.uk

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Couple provide $10 million to keep Head Start programs open

Early childhood programs for low-income families in six states, will reopen with the help of $10 million in emergency funding from a billionaire Houston couple, the National Head Start Association said.

CNN

Couple promises $10 million to keep Head Start programs running

CBS News

Foundations work together to amplify their grant making

12 philanthropies that fight poverty have banded together in an alliance called Big Bang Philanthropy that goes far beyond most other grant-making coalitions.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

HUMAN RIGHTS

New laws may fail to protect children in Sri Lanka

Recommendations like witness protection and special procedures for abuse cases are unlikely to be included in a new draft of Sri Lanka’s Child Protection Policy, worrying activists.

IPS

Sri Lanka’s economic boom fails to erase painful civil war memories

Guardian

Myanmar frees 56 political prisoners

Myanmar began freeing dozens of its remaining detained activists, officials said, after the country vowed to release all prisoners of conscience by the end of the year.

Yahoo! News

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

UK e-borders scheme ‘failing to stop terror suspects’

The U.K.’s flagship “e-borders” program has yet to deliver significant benefits to controlling immigration and has had only a limited impact on tracking terrorists, an official watchdog has concluded.

Guardian

Lack of worker skills threatens European recovery

Literacy, a facility with numbers and the ability to adapt to technologies, are among the strongest indicators of earning power. Without those skills, workers will be unable to compete in a globalized world.

ABC News

US adults score below international average on global workplace skills test

Star Tribune

POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE

Fears of graft as Kenya govt unable to account for $3.6B in spending

A third of the Kenya government’s expenditures for the last financial year - some $3.6 billion - cannot be accounted for, local media reported, pointing to loopholes for the theft of public funds.

Thomas Reuters Foundation

Vietnam lets churches thrive, but keeps control

Vietnam‘s tightly controlled Central Highlands revealed the government’s twin approaches to religion: allowing state-sanctioned faiths to thrive while keeping a close watch on all religious institutions.

ABC News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Higgs Boson’s Nobel nod marks ‘fantastic day’ for particle physics

The Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to two physicists who predicted the existence of the renowned Higgs boson particle nearly 50 years ago. Scientists were quick to offer their praise.

LiveScience

‘God particle’ discoverers awarded Nobel Prize in physics

CBS News

Feces-filled pill stops gut infection

Some physicians now treat recurrent C. difficile infections with fecal transplants, delivering donor feces filled with healthy microbes via enemas, colonoscopies or nasal tubes that run directly to the gut.

Scientific American

Columns And Op-Ed

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Blog (Oliver Pearce):

UN must strengthen laws to protect migrant domestic workers

(Guardian)

Modern-day Slavery

Blog (Marilyn Geewax):

Obama’s absence at Asia summit seen hurting US trade

NPR

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Kenya terror attack: corruption wasn’t to blame

Guardian

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GOOD NEWS

Little Free Libraries are popping up all over Baltimore

It’s cute, but what is it? A huge birdhouse? A miniature school stuck on a pole? In fact, it‘s a Little Free Library, and it’s becoming a popular way to build community and foster a love of reading.

Baltimore Sun

Disney develops way to ‘feel’ touchscreen images

Disney researchers have found a way for people to “feel” the texture of objects seen on a flat touchscreen.

BBC

NGOS AND NONPROFITS

Egypt strips Muslim Brotherhood of NGO status

Egypt’s cabinet ordered authorities to remove the Muslim Brotherhood from the list of approved non-governmental organizations following a judicial order, state media reported.

Gulf News

Charity cash ‘going to Syrian terror groups’

People giving money to help millions of refugees from the civil war in Syria are inadvertently supporting terrorism, a charity watchdog has warned.

Telegraph.co.uk

ENVIRONMENT

Four million people food insecure in Madagascar

As many as four million people in Madagascar are food insecure following a year in which rice – the Indian Ocean island’s staple – has been badly hit by erratic weather and a locust invasion.

UN Food and Agriculture Organisation

Some tobacco farmers have a sweet tooth

Stevia, the no-calorie sweetener derived from plants grown mostly in China and South America, is creating an opportunity for U.S. farmers looking to make up for dwindling tobacco demand.

BusinessWeek

Serengeti to farmers: No tobacco cultivation without tree planting

allAfrica.com

Photo of the Day

Little Free Libraries are springing up all over the world. Borrowers can take or leave a book from an outdoor container often resembling a bird house. (Photo by Michael R Perry)

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