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Anti-ISIS demonstrations near the White House toward saving Iraqi minorities including Yazidis and Christians from genocide. (Photo by Robert Lyle Bolton)

Syrian Kurdish fighters rescuing stranded Yazidis

In a dusty camp here, Iraqi refugees have new heroes: Syrian Kurdish fighters who battled militants to carve out an escape route for tens of thousands trapped on a mountaintop.

FOX News

Thousands of Yazidis ‘still trapped’ on Iraq mountain

BBC

UN names Gaza war crimes panel

The United Nations named three experts to investigate possible war crimes and human rights violations committed by both Israelis and Palestinians in Gaza.

TIME

For Israeli arms makers, Gaza war is a cash cow

Haaretz

Infected Liberia doctors to receive Ebola drug

Liberia announced that it would soon receive doses of an experimental Ebola drug and give it to two sick doctors, making them the first Africans to receive some of the scarce treatment in a spiraling outbreak.

FOX News

WHO panel says untested drugs are ethical as Ebola death toll tops 1,000

CNN

Missouri police fired wooden bullets at crowd during protest over teen’s death

Police fired at protesters with solid wooden bullets during the latest demonstrations in Missouri against the killing by a police officer of an unarmed black 18-year-old, Michael Brown.

Guardian

Police fire tear gas to quell protests over Michael Brown’s death

NBCNews.com

Lauren Bacall dies at 89

Screen legend Lauren Bacall has died at the age of 89. Born Betty Joan Perske in the Bronx, New York, Bacall first rose to prominence opposite Humphrey Bogart in the film, “To Have and Have Not,” in 1944.

Time

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Setting up a nonprofit organization requires passion, patience

Jeffery Duplessis has a passion for nonprofits. He is now communications and training coordinator at the Mississippi Center for Nonprofits in Jackson helping others launch their charitable concerns.

Mississippi Business Journal

Vicarious philanthropy: Are we doing good or just buying more?

When we as shopaholic Americans consume via do-gooder products and entertainment, what are we really doing other than lifting a corporation’s bottom line?

Huffington Post

HUMAN RIGHTS

UK ban on prisoners voting breaches their human rights: European rights court

Britain’s ban on prisoners voting breaches their human rights, a top European court ruled, its latest ruling in an ongoing tussle that has riled British politicians hostile to EU human rights laws.

Reuters

‘Stranded Pakistanis’ living in camps in Bangladesh

Bangladesh’s Urdu-speaking minority community, sometimes known as Biharis, are consigned to live in camps for ‘stranded Pakistanis’ that were set up in 1971, during the establishment of the Bangladeshi state.

Guardian

POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE

Haider Al Abadi: From exile in Britain to Iraq’s next prime minister

Former electrical engineer who studied at Manchester University now faces the political ‘catastrophe’ caused by militants.

Gulf News

In pictures: The Maliki years

BBC

Narendra Modi accuses Pakistan of waging proxy war in Kashmir

Narendra Modi has accused Pakistan of waging a proxy war in Kashmir as he became the first Indian prime minister to visit Kargil since more than 1,000 died in fighting there 15 years ago.

Guardian

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

China looks to Greece to jointly develop Africa trade

China’s ambassador to Greece has joined the increasing clamor to jointly develop increasing ties between Beijing and Athens, proposing that the two counties jointly develop trade with Africa.

Sea Trade Global

California’s Brown reaches $7.2 billion drought bond deal

Governor Jerry Brown and California Democratic lawmakers reached tentative agreement on a $7.2 billion bond measure for water storage and delivery to drought-stricken cities and farms.

BusinessWeek

California drought transforms global food market

Bloomberg

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

When will mental illness finally yield to science

Recent efforts suggest a renewed enthusiasm in trying to understand the most intricate mechanism in the human body.

Newsweek

Blog:

A better understanding of mental illness hasn’t reduced the stigma around it

Washington Post

NASA probe sees Pluto and its moon Charon like never before

A NASA spacecraft hurtling toward a 2015 rendezvous with Pluto has captured an amazing video of the dwarf planet and its largest moon, Charon.

FOX News

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Editorial:

Supermoons and beyond

Christian Science Monitor

Column (Steven W Thrasher):

The ghost of Mike Brown: why must a dead black child defend his right to life?

Guardian

Column (Jeffrey Tayler):

The way out of the Ukraine crisis

The Atlantic

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GOOD NEWS

Group wants to aid gifted Filipino kids

A nonprofit organization has raised the need to set up a database that would provide facts and figures on Filipinos with extraordinary talent.

Philippine Daily Inquirer

Lessons learned from India’s midday meal scheme for schoolchildren

Scares over lizard and worms in food highlight flaws in flagship programme as India struggles to reach most remote schools.

Guardian

NONPROFITS & NGOS

Inland Empire nonprofits receive $1.9 million to assist homeless veterans

For the second year in a row, three Inland Empire nonprofits have received a total of $1.9 million in federal funding from the Department of Veterans Affairs to assist low income and homeless veterans.

San Bernardino Sun

India’s new CSR law sparks debate among NGOs and businesses

India is the first country to mandate a minimum spend on corporate social responsibility initiatives. In a country facing multiple socio-economic challenges – can it work?

Guardian

ENVIRONMENT

Environment Canada launching new radar software to deal with wind turbines

The arrival of hundreds of wind turbines may put the Exeter Weather Station’s predictions in jeopardy. Environment Canada says the degradation of data from wind turbines can be misleading under storm conditions.

CTV

Northern Ireland: Environment minister rejects proposals for exploratory drilling

Environment Minister, Mark H Durkan rejected Australian Mining Company Tamboran’s proposals for exploratory drilling in Fermanagh under permitted development rights.

Fermanagh Herald

Photo of the Day

Grand Canyon at Tapeats Creek and the Colorado River, an out-of-the way place approached either by hiking the North Rim of the Canyon or by several days rafting. (Photo by Alan English)

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