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In Turkana, many families subsist for weeks living only on wild fruits they find on local bushes. These fruits must be boiled for several days before they can be consumed. Dried animal skins are also used to stave off hunger, in Kenya.  (Photo by Irina Fuhrmann / Oxfam) Afghan war civilian casualties jump 23% Civilian casualties from the Afghanistan conflict jumped by almost a quarter in the first half of this year, according to the United Nations, underscoring the challenges to security operations. Bloomberg Special section: Afghan civilian deaths Reuters Small Kentucky college lands $250M gift, among biggest ever A tiny liberal arts school in rural Kentucky that hosted vice presidential debates in 2000 and 2012 announced a $250 million donation, one of the largest single gifts in higher education history. Salt Lake Tribune   Zimbabwe election: Robert Mugabe dismisses vote rigging When asked about accusations of vote-rigging, Mr Mugabe said: “That’s politicking, they want to find a way out. I am sure people will vote freely and fairly." Telegraph.co.uk Voters block biting chill with blankets to vote New Zimbabwe Blog: Zimbabwe heads to the ballot box, but can it finally turn a corner? TIME Can we push the planet into a runaway greenhouse apocalypse? As the world warms not from a brightening sun but from fossil fuel–burning humans, some scientists have wondered just how close our planet might be to tumbling into a runaway state. Scientific American Is India winning the war on poverty? Is India winning the battle against poverty? Yes, though the number of Indians living in extreme poverty is still high, having fallen from 37% to 22% in the past seven years. BBC Blog: Causes of poverty in India Poverties.org   PHILANTHROPY AND AID The 17-year-old friends who walked Ireland for charity Two Belfast teenagers are safely home after walking 550 miles for charity - and their mothers say the experience has changed their personalities for the better. BBC Banker saves 20,000 from Nepal to Uganda with her profits It’s impossible to tell that the laughing, confident children she’s entertaining have been rescued from the clutches of child traffickers. Bloomberg HUMAN RIGHTS Rights group urges probe of Palestinian beatings A leading human rights group has urged the Palestinian government to investigate police beatings during a rally against the peace talks. A Palestinian spokesman said the police acted in self-defense. Yahoo! News Special section: Key players in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Globeandmail.com Bahrain: Parliament moves to curtail basic rights The Bahrain parlement’s recent action would give the authorities excessive powers to act arbitrarily to restrict such rights as freedom of assembly and speech. Human Rights Watch DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE Asia needs infrastructure investments to shift to a regional trade focused economy As the global economy slows down, Asian nations that have in the past relied on exports to drive growth are shifting to an economic model that places greater emphasis on domestic and regional activity. International Business Times China’s new migrant workers want more A majority of migrants expected to work for a few years, save money, and eventually return to their hometowns. However, in recent years this pattern has notably shifted. BusinessWeek POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE Cambodia election protest threatened Cambodia‘s opposition has threatened to call nation-wide protests over Sunday’s disputed victory by the party of strongman prime minister Hun Sen. Sydney Morning Herald Iran president’s inner circle has Western accent Just days after Hasan Rouhani’s election victory in Iran, his top advisers and allies gathered for a closed-door strategy session at a think tank run by the new president. San Francisco Chronicle SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Social amoebae travel with a posse and have amazingly complicated social lives A single-celled organism acts like a primitive farmer. This social amoeba called Dictyostelium discoideum, picks up edible bacteria, carries them to new locations and harvests them like crops. ScienceDaily Feathered dinosaurs had ‘flight-ready’ brains Several ancient dinosaurs evolved the brainpower needed for flight long before they could take to the skies, scientists say. BBC   Columns And Op-Ed The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more. Blog (Dale Bryk): Energy efficiency making good on its promise LiveScience Editorial: Why Israel must make bold move to secure Palestinian peace talks – and Israel’s future Christian Science Monitor Column (Jonathan Hafetz): Refusing to defer to the government on Guantanamo Al Jazeera   Site edited by: Tanya Flowers and Darling Gutierrez.   GOOD NEWS New antibiotic that attacks resistant bacteria found in ocean microbe A completely new and unusual antibiotic compound has been extracted from a marine microorganism found in sediments off the coast of California. BBC Ancient, antibiotic yielding fungi found in deep-sea mud Nature Clean water and soap ‘boost growth’ in young children Access to clean water and soap not only improves hygiene but may boost growth in young children, research suggests. BBC NONPROFITS AND NGOS Ranbir does charity for Uttarakhand India’s leading eCommerce marketplace eBay India announced a charity auction with Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor for Save the Children, an NGO working for children’s rights across India. CanIndia All for a Foot India’s Jaipur Foot will set up a ‘full-fledged’ factory in Bangladesh to meet the never-ending demand for artificial limbs in the wake of frequent accidents like Savar building collapse. bdnews24.com ENVIRONMENT When would global warming destroy life on Earth? Study hazards a guess. A runaway greenhouse effect – where a planet’s atmosphere traps so much heat that temperatures rise to life-snuffing levels – may be easier to achieve than previously believed. Christian Science Monitor Rising sea levels will seal fate of 316 US cities, study warns Toronto Star West Nile, EEE viruses show up in Amherst and Northampton West Nile virus was detected in mosquitoes collected from Northampton and Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus in mosquitoes collected from Amherst. Daily Hampshire Gazette   Photo of the Day Children in Kulaley, East Africa, giggle and find games to play even though most suffer from sickness through poor sanitation and lack of nutrients daily.  (Photo by Oxfam)	DailySource Most Popular Most viewed Most shared Most recent Connect with Us Or enter Amazon via the box below and they will donate 4-7% of all purchases you make in the next 24 hours to us. Take a Quick Tour The Daily Quote Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that. 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