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US and China to eliminate tariffs on $1 trillion in tech products

The U.S. and China reached a breakthrough in trade negotiations late, agreeing to drop tariffs on a slew of tech products amounting to $1 trillion in global sales.

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Newsweek

In Bolivia, a child’s place is in the market and the mines

In the Bolivian city of El Alto, youngsters shout out the destinations of departing buses to lure passengers. One of these barkers is 15-year-old Luis Canaza. He earns about 12 cents for every bus he fills.

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NPR

Teen Malala Yousafzai chided by ‘I am not Malala’ day in schools

She may be the youngest Nobel laureate and feted worldwide for her campaign work but teenager Malala Yousafzai has been castigated by educators in her homeland.

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NBCNews.com

11 women die and 62 more hospitalized after being paid to be sterilized

At least 11 women have died and 62 were hospitalized after undergoing sterilization surgery at a government-run mobile health clinic in India, authorities said.

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CNN

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Atlantic Philanthropies is subject to email ‘phishing’ attacks

The foundation was the victim of a phishing attack, a criminal attempt to use an established brand name to lure Internet users into providing personal information like Social Security or bank-account numbers.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

ACLU receives $50 million to end mass incarceration

The American Civil Liberties Union has announced a $50 million grant from the Open Society Foundations in support of its campaign to end mass incarceration.

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Philanthropy News Digest

HUMAN RIGHTS

Historic protests convulse Mexico

Mounting fury over government officials‘ response to the students’ disappearance has convulsed the country for weeks, posing a mounting challenge to Mexico’s president amid demonstrations.

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Mexico missing: Protesters block Acapulco airport

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BBC

Why are there up to 120,000 innocent people in US prisons?

According to the Innocence Project’s estimates, between 2.3 percent and 5 percent of all US prisoners are innocent. The American prison population numbers about 2.4 million.

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Vice

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

Stephen Colbert to GOP: Don’t fall into ‘the governing trap’

Now that the Republicans will control the House and the Senate, they’re free to strut their stuff and start governing. Anyway, that’s what some GOP boosters in the media are urging. dangerous political strategy.

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The Nation

Cameron says Britain should not stay in EU ‘come what may’

Prime Minister David Cameron said that Britain should not be willing to stay in the European Union “come what may”, as the promise of a referendum on membership of the bloc was creating uncertainty for businesses.

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Newsweek

EU reform: sticking with the fantasy

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EU Referendum.com

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Russia import decline outpaces export dip as Ukraine hits

Russia’s trade surplus widened in the first nine months of the year as the falling ruble and a foreign food ban triggered by the Ukrainian crisis caused imports to slide faster than exports.

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Bloomberg

The real story of US coal: inside the world’s biggest coalmine

Despite Obama’s pledge to cut carbon emissions, production at North Antelope Rochelle mine in Wyoming is booming — and climate change is off the agenda.

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Guardian

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Robotic ‘Dolphins’ help scientists measure Antarctic ice melt, temperature changes

Dolphin-sized robots are giving clues to a thaw of Antarctica’s ice in a sign of how technology is revolutionizing data collection in remote polar regions, scientists said.

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Huffington Post

Obama says FCC should reclassify internet as a utility

President Obama has come out in support of reclassifying internet service as a utility, a move that would allow the Federal Communications Commission to enforce more robust regulations and protect net neutrality.

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The Verge

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Veterans Day: Their patriotic service is eternally worth honoring

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Veterans dismayed by ISIL’s rise in Iraq

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Berlin Notebook: It’s worth asking who and what these anniversaries are for.

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GOOD NEWS

11-year-old real-life Santa Claus collects toys for kids who have less than he does

For the third year in a row, Samuel Love, a fifth-grader from Chicago, is hosting an ambitious toy drive so that kids who may be going through difficult times will get a special surprise this holiday season.

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Huffington Post

Climate Caravan shows the way

It’s no secret that Bangladesh is one of the countries most at risk from the consequences of climate change. Yet, the government is planning a 1,320-megawatt coal-based power plant to be completed in 2019.

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NONPROFITS & NGOS

Nonprofit assesses the impact of public health ads on children

Following one Massachusetts town’s crusade to ban the sale of any tobacco or nicotine product, a nonprofit in Harlem, New York, is investigating the impact that alcohol and tobacco ads can have on a younger audience.

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NonProfit Quarterly

$3 million from Gates to GuideStar

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will provide $3 million over three years to data and research nonprofit GuideStar in support of its strategic plan GuideStar 2020.

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NonProfit Times

ENVIRONMENT

Wintry blast takes aim at most of US

A monstrous storm system that ripped across parts of Alaska with hurricane-force winds was driving bitter cold temperatures and snow toward the contiguous 48 states.

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USA TODAY

Zealot of US climate change sceptics Jim Inhofe to determine environmental policy

The man who compared the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, in which ideological purity trumps technical and scientific rigour”, is in line for one of the most important environmental jobs.

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The Independent

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The Democrats’ favorite denier

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Politico

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Each year coal plants produce over 130 million tons of solid waste which is far more that all the municipal garbage in the U.S. combined. This toxic mixture of ash, scrubber sludge and coal wash is combined in unlined pits from which it can leach into aquifers and water supplies. (Photo by Joe P. Dick)

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