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March to Close the Gaps — 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington, D.C.  (Photo by Fibonacci Blue) Filipinos protest against ‘pork barrel’ funds Tens of thousands of Filipinos angry at official corruption marched through Manila to demand the abolition of a misused fund for legislators’ pet projects, the biggest protest aimed at Aquino’s government. Reuters Filipino web activists show power of free news media Wall Street Journal Grain drain: Cheapest cereals in India are the most expensive ones in US India’s cheapest grains, ignored, disdained, and disappearing in much of the country, are now much sought after cereals in America. Times of India India’s malnourished: a mess of pottage Economist   Syria: UN inspectors reach alleged attack site U.N. inspectors appear to have reached one of the areas of an alleged chemical attack in Syria after sniper fire hit one of their vehicles. CNN Blog: UN weapons inspectors’ car ‘deliberately shot at multiple times’ by snipers in Syria  (NBCNews.com) World News Poll: As Syria war escalates, Americans cool to US intervention Reuters How Congo’s guerrillas are hurting Congo’s gorillas As fighting continues in the eastern Congo, some of the world’s few remaining mountain gorillas are caught in the crossfire. TIME US electrical grid on the edge of failure Facebook can lose a few users and remain a perfectly stable network, but where the national grid is concerned simple geography dictates that it is always just a few transmission lines from collapse. Scientific American   PHILANTHROPY AND AID Plumpy’Nut: the lifesaver that costs ... well, peanuts The lifesaving peanut paste, first trialled during a famine in Niger eight years ago, is reaching two million of the world’s most severely malnourished children a year. The Independent Altered images: new twist in scandal that rocked charity They were scandalous photos that almost brought down China’s biggest charity. This week the “Guo Meimei” affair took a new twist. BBC HUMAN RIGHTS Deaf, blind man called example of ‘patient dumping’ Timothy Martin is deaf, blind and homeless, and in April he stumbled off a one-way ride from a Reno mental hospital onto the streets of San Francisco. San Francisco Chronicle Northern Nevada implicated in patient dumping scandal Reno Gazette-Journal How keeping abortions underground makes health care worse for everyone According to a new report from the Kenyan Ministry of Health, one change in Kenya’s health care could go a long way toward reducing stress on a hugely overburdened system: allowing more abortions. Mother Jones DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE Robert Mugabe threatens to expel foreign firms from Zimbabwe Zimbabwe’s long-serving president Robert Mugabe has threatened to expel foreign-owned companies over what he said was the West’s interference in the politics of the country he has led since 1980. Guardian Anti-slavery group calls for boycott of 2022 Qatar World Cup A call has gone out for the international community to shun the 2022 World Cup in Qatar unless it reforms its indentured labor practices. EurActiv.com POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE Nicolas Maduro seeks new powers to tackle corruption Venezuela’s president is to seek decree powers to tackle the sleaze that sees his country ranked the ninth most corrupt in the world. Scotsman Report: US bugged UN headquarters Der Spiegel says U.S. systematically spied on other states and institutions, citing documents obtained by Edward Snowden. Al Jazeera Codename ‘Apalachee’: how America spies on Europe and the UN Spiegel International SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Engineers design glass implant that grows new bone Engineers at the Missouri University of Science and Technology have designed a super-strong glass implant with a scaffolding-like structure that is able to grow new bone. Sydney Morning Herald Preventing pandemics In a remote corner of the world, an American lieutenant colonel is helping with the construction of a high-tech laboratory to study and prevent the spread of anthrax and the plague. Newsweek New explanation for key step in anthrax infection proposed ScienceDaily   Columns And Op-Ed The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more. Column (Hodan Yusuf): Egypt’s dead — dehumanized and disregarded Al Jazeera Column (Gordon G. Chang): ‘You must confess’: China’s red campaign against multinationals Forbes Editorial (Juliet Lapidos): Working for nothing New York Times   Site edited by: Erkinaz Shuminov, Darling Gutierrez, Audrey Harry, lan-anh hoang and Lynne Adams.   GOOD NEWS ‘Indiana Jones of surgery’ leads UK medics in war zone training At least 1,000 doctors have signed up for specialist courses to work in disaster and conflict areas. The Independent How fruit trees grow communities “Fruit tree projects” are popping up all over the world. Some distribute fruit harvests to undernourished communities; many celebrate the harvest by processing the fruit into delicacies. Christian Science Monitor NGOS AND NONPROFITS Pat on the back or force for good: what purpose do development awards serve? Prizes for development work are proliferating. But what do they achieve beyond making donors feel good about themselves? Guardian Wisconsin nonprofit launching health information system Hospitals, clinics, nursing homes and other health care providers in Wisconsin will soon be able to easily exchange patient information with a database operated by a nonprofit group. Star Tribune ENVIRONMENT Russia’s Arctic: mission to protect wildlife Russia is planning huge oil and gas developments in the Arctic Ocean off its northern coast — drilling that could threaten pristine wildlife habitats. BBC Greenpeace ship defies Russia in Arctic protest Discovery News Could carbon farms reverse global warming? A recent study by German researchers presents the possibility of “carbon farming” as a less risky alternative to other carbon capture and storage technologies. Scientific American 10 years of weather in 3 minutes TIME   Photo of the Day Children in Sabah, Borneo, celebrate their graduation. 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