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Maids in Hong Kong are given one day off a week, and they often use it to congregate in the central part of town to catch up. (Photo by Vasenka Photography)

Maids are Hong Kong’s ‘modern-day slaves’

Hong Kong’s domestic helpers, now numbering around 300,000, are making their voices heard more effectively, campaigning for better working conditions, higher wages and entitlement to permanent residency.

TIME

Blog:

Abuse images put focus on Hong Kong maids

(Wall Street Journal)

China Realtime

Pledges roll in at Syria aid summit

Donors have gathered in Kuwait to raise money for 13 million Syrians affected by the war after the U.N. made a record appeal for $6.5 billion.

Al Jazeera

Western, Arab states pledge $1.4 billion in fresh Syria aid

Reuters

Egyptians vote ‘yes’ — but what are they approving?

A resounding approval of Egypt’s new constitution will be seen as an endorsement of a military government that has waged a systematic crackdown on dissent.

Christian Science Monitor

Egypt turns the clock back with military-backed referendum

Telegraph.co.uk

Egyptians vote on 2nd day of ballot for charter

USA TODAY

UN strike paralyzes West Bank refugee camps

Trash goes uncollected and 151,000 children are out of school as U.N. workers demand better wages.

Al Jazeera

New anti-gay law to slow Nigeria’s fight against HIV/AIDS - experts

A new anti-gay law signed by Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan risks hindering progress in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Nigeria, UNAIDS and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria said.

Thomas Reuters Foundation

UN human rights chief denounces ‘draconian’ anti-homosexuality law

allAfrica.com

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

UN says South Sudan army, rebels stealing humanitarian aid

The U.N. accused South Sudan’s army and rebels led by former Vice President Riek Machar of stealing food aid and vehicles used to deliver humanitarian relief as the country teeters on the brink of civil war.

Thomas Reuters Foundation

Is the US powerless in South Sudan?

BBC

100 years of passion, philanthropy, music

William H. Scheide celebrated his 100th Birthday. He became an international leader in the music community spreading his passion for music, philanthropy and scholarships worldwide.

The Daily Princetonian

HUMAN RIGHTS

Capitalism for human rights?

New nonprofits in Cambodia and Vietnam are meant to provide services for citizens that the government does not attend. Yet are they the answer to human rights problems?

Huffington Post

Omnibus bill fails to put human rights at center of US policy

The omnibus budget compromise reached in Congress does little to advance a robust vision of American leadership on human rights.

Human Rights First

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Electricity tariffs unfair and unsustainable, say experts

People sweltering without an air conditioner in Australia’s heatwave are subsidizing power bills of those who use them because of a tariff system both the power industry and experts say is unsustainable.

Guardian

US Federal Reserve probes banks’ commodity activity

The Federal Reserve launched a formal review of activity at the largest U.S. banks in the market for physical commodities, such as oil pipelines, tankers, power plants and metals warehouses.

MarketWatch

POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE

Israeli defense minister apologizes for comments about Kerry

U.S. officials reacted angrily to comments attributed to Israel‘s defense minister criticizing Secretary of State John Kerry’s efforts to broker a peace agreement between Israel and Palestinians.

CNN

Somalia: A new prime minister?

With little fanfare, the Somali federal government voted to approve the appointment of a new prime minister, Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed.

Council on Foreign Relations

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Court ruling a big blow to ‘open Internet’

Internet-service providers will no longer be required to treat all kinds of Web activity equally, a federal appeals court ruled in a decision that could dramatically reshape online access.

Seattle Times

Verizon wins Net Neutrality court ruling against FCC

Bloomberg

New system harnesses sun’s energy for night usage

Researchers have developed a system that converts the sun’s energy into hydrogen fuel during the day and keeps it for use at night.

National Monitor

A major breakthrough in the solar technology

Science Recorder

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (Immanuel Wallerstein):

Syria: intractable dilemmas for everyone

Al Jazeera

Editorial:

How US can help end Syria’s war: accept refugees

Christian Science Monitor

Blog (Michaeleen Doucleff):

Spinach dinosaurs to sugar diamonds: 3-D printers hit the kitchen

(NPR)

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GOOD NEWS

The right note hits Taliban

The performing artists of Pakistan lost their voice as the Taliban carried out terror attacks and banned music. But after tentative advances, this Pakistani province is alive with music.

IPS

Telemedicine keeps seniors out of nursing homes

Americans live in fear that an elderly parent will fall and get hurt without anyone there to help, but due to a fast-growing field known as telemedicine, that worry may become a thing of the past.

CNBC

NGOS AND NONPROFITS

Turkish police raid charity aiding Syria

Turkish counter-terrorism police have raided the offices of an aid agency on the border with Syria, in what is described as an operation against those suspected of having links to al-Qaida.

Al Jazeera

Firewood donations stock the stoves of the needy

In northern New England nonprofit firewood banks rely on the generosity of volunteers to cut, split, and pile up wood that those in need use to warm their homes.

Christian Science Monitor

ENVIRONMENT

GPS could help warn of volcano eruptions, scientists say

Researchers in Iceland believe that GPS devices, placed near volcanoes, could be used to detect shifts in the ground that often precede an eruption, the journal Nature reported.

U.S. News & World Report

Volcano erupts more than 30 times in one day

Denver Post

Biggest emitter China best on climate, Figueres says

China, the top emitter of greenhouse gases, is also the country that’s “doing it right” when it comes to addressing global warming, the U.N.’s chief climate official said.

Bloomberg

Photo of the Day

Florida Fish and Wildlife team members return about 50 sea turtles to the ocean a week after water temperatures dipped too low and many endangered species were cold stunned. (Photo by Alicia Wellman/ FWC)

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