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Amsterdam City Archives contains letters from Jewish Holocaust survivors complaining that the city forced them to pay back taxes and fines on property seized after their deportation to Nazi death camps. (Photo by Pjotr P)

Bureaucrats fought against for Holocaust justice

Amsterdam’s city archive letters from Holocaust survivors complained that the city was forcing them to pay back taxes and late payment fines on property seized after they were deported to Nazi death camps.

Yahoo! News

Arrest warrant issued for captain of S. Korea ferry

An arrest warrant was issued for the captain of the sunken S. Korean ferry, an accident that killed 29 people and left nearly 270 missing. The Defense Department is expected to salvage the ferry.

CNN

Vice-principal of South Korea school in ferry disaster commits suicide

Reuters

Slavyansk shooting threatens Easter truce

At least two people have been killed after a gunfire battle erupted between pro-Russian separatists and far-right militiamen in the eastern Ukraine town of Slavyansk.

The Independent

Ukraine protesters: Russian foreign minister ‘did not sign anything for us’

CNN

Avalanche makes for deadliest day in Mt. Everest’s history

A morning avalanche near a base camp on the world‘s highest peak has left at least 12 Nepalese guides dead and several others missing in one of the deadliest accidents in Mount Everest’s history.

TIME

Nigerian military retracts claim that all abducted students were released

In a blow to its perception from a skeptical public, the Nigerian military retracted a report that the 129 school girls kidnapped by suspected Boko Haram militants had been released.

CNN

Nigerians search unsafe forest for abducted girls

ABC News

Scores of abducted girls freed in Nigeria

Al Jazeera

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

MetLife’s charity arm donates $25,000 to Durham organization

MetLife presented a $25,000 check to the Kramden Institute in Durham, a charity that provides refurbished computers to students who don’t have access to a computer at home.

Triangle Business Journal

UN seeks $274 million in aid for CAR refugees

The United Nations and aid groups have launched an appeal for $274 million to help people fleeing the conflict in the Central African Republic.

Guardian

HUMAN RIGHTS

57-nation OSCE to play key Ukraine monitoring role in human rights

A 57-nation organization with a history of mediation but no enforcing powers has been tasked with helping to translate diplomatic progress on easing Ukrainian tensions into reality on the ground.

Ottawa Citizen

Burundi creates reconciliation body that divides public opinion

Burundi, locked in its worst crisis since its civil war ended, has created a reconciliation commision that opposition parties say will shield the ruling party from accountability for past crimes.

Thomas Reuters Foundation

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Labor shortage threatens to bust the shale boom

Labor shortages, causing delays in construction, threaten to slow the boom and push back the date when the country can meet its own energy needs, estimated by BP Plc to be in 2035.

Bloomberg

Motorcycles join fight against HIV in Malawi

A leading U.S. medical charity plans to partner with Riders for Health to speed up transportation of their HIV laboratory samples and deliver test results faster, a media report said.

Thomas Reuters Foundation

POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE

Algeria’s ailing president Bouteflika wins 4th term

Bouteflika‘s chief opponent, Ali Benflis, who garnered only 12 percent of the vote, said the election was marked by ’fraud on a massive scale’ and vowed not to accept the results.

Christian Science Monitor

Algerians rejoice at Bouteflika re-election

SABC

Tunisia: Marzouki announces reduction in President’s wages to one third

President Moncef Marzouki announced the reduction in the President of the Republic‘s legal wage to one third, saying that he gave instructions to reduce expenses as much as possible.

allAfrica.com

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Birth of ‘new Saturn moon’ witnessed

Scientists say they have discovered what could be the birth of a new moon in the rings of Saturn. Informally named Peggy, the object would become the 63rd moon in Saturn’s orbit if confirmed.

BBC

Bright idea or shady scheme? Cosmetic company wants to lighten moon

A cosmetics company has suggested brightening the surface of the moon. The goal is to make the night sky brighter and reduce need for streetlights and thus lower carbon emissions.

LiveScience

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Andrew Wallis):

International justice and Rwanda: Has the UN failed again?

Al Jazeera

Column (Matt Levine):

BP oil spill crisis manager managed crisis by selling BP stock

Bloomberg

Column (Christopher J. Hale):

Why focus on the Cross?

TIME

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GOOD NEWS

Adam Braun hands out pencils — and hope

His nonprofit Pencils of Promise has built more than 170 schools in Ghana, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Laos.

Christian Science Monitor

Students lip-sync 68 songs in 6 minutes for fundraiser

All students from the Avon, Ind., a school located in a suburb on Indianapolis, turned up to sing through 68 songs, all in 6.5 minutes for a fundraising cause.

ABC News

NGOS AND NONPROFITS

E-readers bring magic to thousands of kids in poor parts of Africa

Thousands of children in Africa now have access to e-books with the help of Worldreader, an organization Mr. Risher helped start that seeks to end illiteracy in the developing world.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

‘Legal technicality’ leads to expulsion of NGO Merlin from Sudan

British-based NGO Merlin has been forced to cease work in Darfur owing to a ‘legal technicality’. The move will impact some 600,000 Darfuris, who have received life-saving medical care from Merlin.

Radio Dabanga

ENVIRONMENT

US greenhouse gas emissions slightly decreased in 2012

The Los Angeles Times reports that greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. decreased by 3.4 percent from 2011 to 2012, and were also 10 percent below 2005 levels.

Environmental News Network

Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions fall 0.8 percent in 2013

Reuters

EU green light for UK carbon capture and storage project

A U.K. project to capture CO2 and bury it under the North Sea looks set to receive a over $414 million boost from the EU. The EU Commission has confirmed the carbon capture and storage project is in line to win.

BBC

White Rose carbon capture and storage project

White Rose CCS

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Taiwanese tech professionals participate in a government hackathon. A hackathon is an event usually run over a few days that seeks to solve a particular problem with technology. (Photo by Kirby Wu)

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