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National guardsman walks with a local boy while on foot patrol near Kabul, Afghanistan (Photo by National Guard)

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Afghan forces prepare to fight alone as foreign troops leave

On watch for a possible Taliban attack, Afghan forces patrolled the perimeter and manned guard towers of a vast military base deserted by U.S. and British forces.

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Reuters

In Afghanistan’s unfinished war, civilians pay the price

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Stars and Stripes

Unmanned supply rocket for space station explodes on liftoff in US

An unmanned Antares rocket exploded after liftoff from a commercial launch pad in Virginia, marking the first accident since NASA turned to private operators to deliver cargo to the International Space Station.

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Reuters

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Unmanned NASA-contracted rocket explodes; damage is ‘significant’

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CNN

Supportive care may help Ebola patients survive

Nurse Amber Vinson’s discharge from the hospital brings to seven the number of American patients who have survived Ebola, leading many people to wonder what has allowed them to beat the odds.

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USA TODAY

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Australia becomes 1st Western nation to ban travelers from Ebola-hit countries

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CBS News

Lax management to blame for 5 accidents on Metro-North Railroad

The National Transportation Safety Board released blistering reports, blaming lax management at Metro-North Railroad for five accidents in a span of 10 months that killed a total of six people and injured 126 others.

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New York Daily News

Report reveals wider tracking of mail in US

The U.S. Postal Service approved 50,000 requests from law enforcement agencies and its internal inspection unit to secretly monitor the mail of Americans for use in criminal and national security investigations.

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CNBC

Sri Lanka landslide: 10 dead and 300 missing

At least 10 people are dead and hundreds missing following a landslide in central Sri Lanka. The landslide came after heavy monsoon rains engulfed about 140 houses in Badulla district.

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BBC

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Why this funder is getting behind a new strategy to fight high college dropout rates

Although the number of Americans enrolling in colleges is reaching record numbers, too many are leaving without completing any type of degree or other credential.

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Inside Philanthropy

Donors care more about how money is spent than results, study says

Donors are more interested in how a nonprofit’s funds are spent than in the results it achieves, according to a new study.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

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Youth philanthropy projects a bright sign for future

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Springfield News Leader

HUMAN RIGHTS

UN slams Iran‘s ’deeply troubling‘ human rights record after Jabbari’s execution

The U.N. raised concerns over human rights issues in Iran and over the execution of 26-year-old Reyhaneh Jabbari, who was hanged in Tehran after being convicted of killing a man who was allegedly trying to rape her.

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International Business Times

Bangladesh war crimes panel sentences Islamist leader to death, prompts protests

Bangladesh’s war crimes tribunal sentenced the chief of the Islamist Jamaat-e-Islami party to death for crimes against humanity, including genocide, torture and rape, during the 1971 war of independence from Pakistan.

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Reuters

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

House Democrats fret debilitating losses

The political environment continues to deteriorate for House Democrats ahead of a midterm election that’s certain to diminish their ranks and push them deep into the minority, making their hopes of winning unlikely.

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Politico

Nigeria says Boko Haram negotiations are ‘ongoing’

Nigeria says it is still holding talks with Boko Haram, two weeks after the government said it had agreed a truce with the Islamic militants.

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BBC News

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

European women paid 36% less than men for doing similar jobs

European women are paid, on average, 36% less than men for doing similar jobs, according to analysis of figures from this year’s Global Gender Gap Report.

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Newsweek

Turn dining out into helping out with Mealshare, which gives meals to needy

With Mealshare, every time a patron picks an item branded with the organization’s logo from the menu of a participating restaurant, money is donated to charity.

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Winnipeg Free Press

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

A first: scientists spot Nova explosion

It has been reported that scientists for the first time were able to view a nova bursting almost 14,800 light years away from the sun.

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Maine News

Russia delivers cargo to Space Station after US setback

A robotic Russian supply ship delivered nearly 3 tons of cargo to the International Space Station, just hours after a commercial U.S. rocket exploded while attempting a similar mission.

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NBCNews.com

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Dilar Dirik):

Western fascination with ‘badass’ Kurdish women

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Al Jazeera

Election helps Ukraine be ‘European’

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Christian Science Monitor

Column (Doug McIntyre):

Higher education’s disservice and the narrowing of the American mind

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Los Angeles Daily News

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GOOD NEWS

New Detroit brewery wants customers to pedal for their beer

Shawn Grose and his brother Aaron are set to open Windmill Pointe Brewery next year in the heart of Detroit. The microbrewery will be outfitted with stationary bikes to produce the energy needed to brew the beer.

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Good News Network

The Humane Society takes its steak ’n shake fight to the shareholders

The Humane Society of the United States has set its sights on Biglari Holdings, the firm that owns Steak ’n Shake, saying it has ignored requests to adopt animal welfare methods like its competitors have.

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BusinessWeek

NONPROFITS & NGOS

Some big nonprofits stiff city of Boston

In the 2014 fiscal year that ended in June, 49 nonprofits were asked to pay a combined $34.6 million, but only $24.9 million was received. This amount, however, was an increase of 64 percent over fiscal 2012.

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NonProfit Quarterly

The recession changed how donors think

This most recent recession was as bad as Larry May has ever seen, and he’s seen a few. “I’ve been through four,” said May.

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NonProfit Times

ENVIRONMENT

Population controls ‘will not solve environment issues’

Restricting population growth will not solve global issues of sustainability in the short term, new research says.

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BBC

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Even a pandemic wouldn’t create a ‘sustainable’ population, study says

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Newsweek

Molten lava from Hawaii volcano crosses onto residential property

A menacing river of molten lava that bubbled over a road and overran a cemetery on its path toward a village on Hawaii’s Big Island crossed onto a residential property and threatened to consume its first home.

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Reuters

Evacuations possible as lava continues to flow from Hawaii volcano

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NPR

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Moai statues dot Easter Island in various states of completion and restoration as remnants of the lost art of a past civilization. (Photo by Phil Whitehouse)

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