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Iraqis in Baghdad and further south prepare for the arrival of insurgent groups ISIS. (Photo by Heimo Liendl)

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Miracle crop: India’s quest to end world hunger

Over one third of humanity is undernourished. Now, a group of scientists are experimenting with specially-bred crops and hoping to launch a new Green Revolution, but controversy is brewing.

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Spiegel International

South Sudan crisis threatens ‘loss of a generation of children and youth’

The U.N. is appealing for more than $1 billion in emergency humanitarian funding for South Sudan, warning that the fighting has left the country facing famine and the “loss of a generation of children and youth.”

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Guardian

Sunni jihadists capture most of Iraq’s largest oil refinery

Sunni militants have taken control of production units, the administration building and four watch towers, accounting for about 75 percent of Iraq’s largest oil refinery, located in Baiji in northern Iraq.

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Haaretz

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ISIS and government forces battle for control of Iraq’s largest oil refinery

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Christian Science Monitor

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Sunni-Shiite Iraq conflict may be the moment Kurds use to claim their own state

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The disintegration of Iraq

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Spiegel International

Ukraine president offers cease-fire

Ukraine’s president said that government forces will unilaterally cease fire to allow pro-Russian separatists a chance to lay down weapons or leave the country, a potential major development to bring peace.

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ABC News

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Ukraine to implement unilateral cease-fire

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CNN

Nigeria World Cup viewers hit by deadly bomb blast

At least 21 people have been killed in a bomb blast in northern Nigeria as they were watching a World Cup match.

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BBC

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

UK aid for DR Congo going to agencies working with police accused of rape

Concern is mounting that British aid money may be funding programmes for police who are using rape as a tool of state-sanctioned torture against women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Guardian

Smithsonian honors Lauren for fashion, flag

Ralph Lauren’s love for the American flag and American style earned him high honors from the Smithsonian Institution, celebrating his five decades in fashion.

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HUMAN RIGHTS

Suspect in Benghazi terror attack captured

A suspect in the Benghazi consulate attack was arrested in Libya, a U.S. administration official said.

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NBCNews.com

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What’s next for Benghazi terror suspect Ahmed Abu Khatallah?

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CNN

Israel ramps up pressure on Hamas in hunt for missing teens

Israel widens a crackdown on Hamas in the West Bank after troops detained more than 40 members in sweeps searching for three missing Jewish teenagers.

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Reuters

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Israel expands West Bank hunt for missing teens

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USA TODAY

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Income gap widens as American factories shut down

The downfall of manufacturing in the U.S. has done more than displace workers and leave communities searching for ways to rebuild devastated economies.

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Erie Times News

Australia buys up, enters Asian arms race

Australia is now the seventh-largest importer of major arms in the world and the biggest customer of the largest weapons producer, the United States.

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Sydney Morning Herald

POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE

Australia’s foreign aid overhaul to squeeze more value for money

A fifth of Australia‘s aid budget will be geared towards driving economic growth in developing countries — known as ‘aid-for-trade’ — under a radical restructure to be unveiled by Foreign Minister Julie Bishop.

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Sydney Morning Herald

UK resumes ties with Iran

UK Foreign Secretary William Hague restored Britain’s diplomatic relations with Iran. He confirmed Britain would press Tehran to end support for terrorist groups and to resolve its controversial nuclear weapons program.

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

How big data works

A conversation with Michael Olson, co-founder and chief strategy officer of Cloudera, about the role of big data in today’s world.

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The Atlantic

Trapping light now possible for longer time than previously thought

Confining light will soon improve technologies such as telecommunications and biosensing by processing light incredibly fast without consuming high amounts of energy.

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Tech Times

Columns And Op-Ed

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Gwynn’s chewing tobacco death renews baseball ban call

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Bloomberg

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Where’s the bread and butter

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Houston Chronicle

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Charities that make the rich richer

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Al Jazeera

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GOOD NEWS

Soon astronauts will be able to drink “good, hot and steaming” coffee in space

In a feat of coffee engineering, the International Space Station will soon get its first-ever espresso machine.

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Salon

Starbucks to pay college tuition for thousands of baristas

Starbucks announced plans to offer full and partial scholarships to employees to attend Arizona State. It‘s not the first program of its kind, but it’s likely the most generous.

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Christian Science Monitor

NGOS AND NONPROFITS

Giving estimated at $335.17 billion for 2013

Charitable giving in the United States jumped 4.4 percent last year to an estimated $335.17 billion and was led, as usual, by individual donors supporting their favorite charities and institutions.

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NonProfit Times

China’s shift from ‘wealth accumulation’ to ‘wealth distribution’

China’s millionaires are having trouble donating their money to charities due to a lack of trusted NGOs and weak government incentive program.

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China Topix

ENVIRONMENT

Reports: Obama to propose creation of world’s largest ocean sanctuary

President Barack Obama is preparing a proposal that would create the world’s largest ocean sanctuary south and west of Hawaii, according to reports.

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NPR

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DiCaprio pledges money for oceans

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Irish Independent

Environmental group says no guarantee of cleanup in NC Senate’s coal ash plan

N.C. Senate leaders are unveiling their approach to cleaning up the state’s hazardous coal-ash ponds, but a leading environmental group is already saying new legislation does not go far enough.

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The final antenna for the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) giant telescope project arrives at the ALMA Observatory, 5000 metres above sea level in the Chajnantor Plateau in northern Chile. (Photo by A. Marinkovic/X-Cam/ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO))

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