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Dalit girls from the lowest caste in Nepal walk barefoot with their mother past a shoe vendor. (Photo by John Elbrando)

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Dalit women face multiplied discrimination

At the bottom of the caste structure and gender hierarchy in Nepal, Dalit women are faced with suffering that is “triple-fold”.

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IPS

Tight security at Sochi Olympics gives sense of comfort

At the main train station in the nearby town of Adler, Russia, dozens of men and women wearing violet-colored uniforms pat down passengers on their way to platforms.

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USA TODAY

Afghan election campaign stirs violence and hope

Presidential candidates in Afghanistan begin campaigning for an election that Western allies hope will consolidate fragile stability as their forces prepare to leave after nearly 13 years of inconclusive war.

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Race toward Afghan election starts, with skepticism in the lead

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Castaway claims he drifted 13 months in Pacific

A mysterious castaway claiming to have been lost at sea for 13 months is now safely back on land, but many questions remain about how he could have survived on a small boat in the ocean for so long.

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Castaway Jose Salvador Alvarenga describes his ordeal

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Afghanistan’s president held secret contacts with Taliban for peace

President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan has been engaged in secret contacts with the Taliban about reaching a peace agreement without the involvement of his U.S. and Western allies.

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PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Kids learn philanthropy, with real money

Philanthropy may be tough to spell for many elementary school youngsters, but students in three counties in New York will soon have a better idea of what the word means.

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Star-Gazette

World Vision gets ready to ship Broncos gear

The hats, T-shirts and other apparel heralding the Denver Broncos as Super Bowl XLVIII champions will be shipped to people in need around the world rather than destroyed.

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NonProfit Times

HUMAN RIGHTS

BDS activists push SodaStream boycott. Will it work?

SodaStream‘s CEO says the Israeli company’s West Bank factory is a model for peace. But pro-Palestinian activists are hoping to use SodaStream pitchwoman Scarlett Johansson’s fame to push for a boycott.

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Christian Science Monitor

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Scarlett Johansson split with Oxfam ‘may deter celebrity charity work’

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The Independent

Human Rights Commission boss Gillian Triggs blocked from visiting Nauru

The Abbott government has blocked a bid by the president of the Australian Human Rights Commission, Gillian Triggs, to visit child asylum seekers sent to Nauru under its “stop the boats” policy.

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The Age

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Affordable Care Act expected to take greater toll on workforce

The Affordable Care Act is projected to reduce full-time employment by roughly 2.3 million people through 2021 and insure two million fewer this year than previously estimated, the Congressional Budget Office said.

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Wall Street Journal

Report: Corruption costs E.U. over $162 billion a year

A first-of-its-kind report issued by the European Union on Monday found that corruption across 28 member states costs the EU economy $162.19 billion a year.

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Time

POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE

South Africa merger collapses

A deal, which would have given South Africa’s main opposition Democratic Alliance a black presidential candidate, has collapsed.

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BBC

El Salvador, Costa Rica vote to elect new leaders

Two Central American presidential elections are referendums on political stagnation, with voters in Costa Rica deciding whether to oust the long-ruling party, and voters in El Salvador deciding whether to bring it back to power.

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Daily Star

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Arctic‘s ’layer cake’ atmosphere blamed for rapid warming

A new study suggests the Arctic’s cap of cold, layered air plays a more important role in boosting polar warming than does its shrinking ice and snow cover.

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LiveScience

Yahoo leads NSA-FBI account content data demands

Fresh disclosures about national security requests indicate that Yahoo was ordered to hand over content from more accounts than other tech firms during the first six months of 2013.

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BBC

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GOOD NEWS

These people stand on corners for hours just to make strangers happy

Laura Lavigne, a life coach, has organized “happiness sprinkling” groups throughout the U.S. and Canada. Their goal is simple: holding signs to make passersby happy and perhaps turn someone’s bad day around.

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Huffington Post

What’s good for baby camels could be good for human skin

In the Middle East, people drink camel milk for its nutritional value, but in Missouri, people are starting to rub it on their skin. A Jordanian woman is bringing camel milk to the Midwest as a skin care line.

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NPR

NGOS AND NONPROFITS

Foundations launch campaign to divest from fossil fuels

A coalition of 17 foundations, representing almost $1.8 billion in investment, plans to divest from fossil fuel companies in its portfolios and invest more in clean energy.

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Bloomberg

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Report: little portfolio risk in dropping fossil fuel holdings

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aiCIO

Pay-for-success projects spread to more states

A San Francisco foundation announced that it is providing $2.5-million to help “pay for success” projects gain a philanthropic foothold in California as similar efforts advance in Massachusetts, Utah, and New York.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

ENVIRONMENT

Volcanic ash smothers Indonesia, kills 15

The 15 victims couldn’t outrun the debris that billowed out of Indonesia’s Mount Sinabung. Plumes of up to 700 degree ash had spewed over a mile into the sky and descended in superheated clouds in 2 to 3 minutes.

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Volcano eruption kills at least 15 people in Indonesia

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Daily Mail

EPA releases annual Climate Protection Partnerships report

The Environmental Protection Agency has released its annual Climate Protection Partnerships report which indicates that U.S. is in a strong economic position as it adopts safer, sustainable forms of energy.

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Environmental News Network

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A farmer applies ecosan products (digestate) to a field in Dayet Ifrah, Morocco. The system typically involves recycling water and nutrients from human wastes. (Photo by Sustainable Sanitation)

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