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A Bangladeshi woman smiles as she cooks over a smokey fire. (Photo by Monjurul Hoque)

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Bangladesh women find liberty in hard labor

The garment factory workers toil for paltry wages. But such jobs have also afforded Bangladeshi girls a measure of independence in a traditional Muslim society.

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Los Angeles Times

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Bangladesh’s garment factories still unsafe for workers, says report

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TIME

Missing jet: Not a hijacking but ‘deliberate’ action, PM says

The Malaysian Prime Minister stopped short of calling the disappearance of Flight 370 a hijacking, but he said that the jet veered off course, likely due to deliberate action taken by someone aboard.

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CNN

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Tomnod — the online search party looking for Malaysian Airlines flight MH370

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Guardian

Ukraine: Crimea votes in referendum

Residents of Ukraine’s Crimea region headed to the polls to vote in a referendum on whether to join Russia or become an independent state connected to Ukraine.

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CNN

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Crimeans vote on union with Russia as troops build up rapidly

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Reuters

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Russia vetoes U.N. resolution invalidating Crimea referendum

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Time

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Crimean referendum: what to watch for

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Globeandmail.com

Paris pollution prompts car restriction

Motorists in Paris were gearing up for a radical change to their commute after the government introduced alternate driving days to alleviate the veil of smog that has hung over the city.

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The Hindu

US ‘deeply concerned’ about death of Chinese human rights campaigner

The U.S. is “deeply disturbed” by reports of the death of prominent Chinese human rights activist Cao Shunli, who was detained for staging sit-ins at the country’s foreign ministry.

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Guardian

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Calls to increase aid to Burma in bid to press home democratic gains

As Burma sheds its pariah status after decades of military dictatorship, British politicians were urged to step up involvement in a country that, once among the richest in south-east Asia, is now among the poorest.

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Guardian

Schwarzenegger crushes stuff for charity

The former California governor is raffling off a chance to ride shotgun in his M47 tank. Proceeds will benefit After-School All Stars, a charity that provides at-risk youth with after-school programs.

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USA TODAY

HUMAN RIGHTS

In Cambodia, voicing the struggle

Mam Sonando, described by his supporters as Cambodia’s only truly independent radio broadcaster, says he is fighting to “protect people who have been victimized.”

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Panel urges end to US ban on transgender troops

The U.S. should join other nations that allow transgender people to serve in the military, an independent commission reported, saying there is no medical reason for the decades-old ban.

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Yahoo! News

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

EU, US to commit to remove all duties on transatlantic trade

President Barack Obama and E.U. leaders will announce removal of all tariffs on bilateral trade, an ambitious step towards the world’s largest free-trade deal.

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EU struggles to convince US to export gas under trade pact

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Reuters

Marijuana job fair attracts hundreds of job-seekers

A Denver event attracted people from over the U.S. seeking positions in the burgeoning cannabis industry. Representatives from 15 marijuana-related companies met with job-seekers.

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Denver holds first cannabis job fair

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POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE

Serbia’s center-right to tighten grip on power in vote, promises reform

Serbia’s Progressive Party attempted to firm up its grip in a snap election, promising an economic overhaul of the ex-Yugoslav republic as it embarks on talks to join the European Union.

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Reuters

Twilight for Kurdish academics

Professors and students in Iraq’s Kurdistan fear political rivalry is unraveling the fabric of their education system.

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Al Jazeera

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Los Angeles subway dig finds prehistoric trove

An exploratory subway shaft dug just down the street from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art uncovered a treasure trove of other prehistoric artifacts.

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Japan Times

Contagious yawning apart from empathy

Contagious yawning might decrease with age but is not at all related to variables such as empathy, tiredness and energy levels, according to new research.

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Counseling & Healing

Columns And Op-Ed

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Why human rights sanctions could work with Iran

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CNN

Correcting SAT isn’t the answer

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USA TODAY

Column (Leila Monroe):

The oceans, and job hunters, can benefit from recycling boom

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LiveScience

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GOOD NEWS

Andrew Stoloff’s Rubicon Bakery gives a second chance to ex-cons

Rubicon Bakery, a moneymaking business owned by Andrew Stoloff, employs 105 full-time staff, some with only a sixth-grade education and many having served time in prison.

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Christian Science Monitor

Photographer turns dreams into realities for kids with health conditions

Van Daele, a photographer from Eden Mills, Ontario, has traveled across Canada and the U.S. to bring to life the imaginations of kids who battle health conditions.

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Huffington Post

NGOS AND NONPROFITS

Minnesota sues nonprofit for diverting money meant for low-income students

State suit against Eden Prairie educational foundation says its director diverted hundreds of thousands of dollars for himself.

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Star Tribune

Nonprofit turns fake legs into custom limbs for amputees in Ghana

Standing With Hope collects used prosthetic limbs. Inmates disassemble the legs and the pieces are sent to clinics in Ghana, where trained technicians put them back together for patients.

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ENVIRONMENT

Is industrial civilisation headed for ‘irreversible collapse’?

A new study sponsored by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center highlights the prospect that global civilization could collapse in coming decades due to unsustainable resource exploitation.

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Guardian

New international pact aims to protect the Sargasso Sea — why it’s worth saving

Five countries signed an agreement this week committing to the protection of the Sargasso Sea, which occupies a vast stretch of the North Atlantic Ocean around Bermuda.

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National Geographic

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Ocean health

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Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting

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The changing and intensifying weather conditions of the Mekong Delta in Vietnam are indicative of climate change. (Photo by CIAT- International Center for Tropical Agriculture)

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