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The largest Ebola epidemic ever recorded will require major efforts to keep in from spreading further and claiming more and more lives. (Photo by EC/ECHO/Jean-Louis Mosser)

Sierra Leone burial team attacked despite lockdown

A team burying Ebola victims was attacked in Sierra Leone’s capital, a member of parliament said, as a small group defied a three-day lockdown aimed at halting the worst outbreak of the disease on record.

Reuters

Food-shortage complaints on Sierra Leone’s final day of Ebola lockdown

CTV

100 tons of supplies to fight Ebola sent to West Africa

USA TODAY

Ebola lockdown in Sierra Leone finds 150 new cases

Time

Thousands to sound climate alarm in NYC streets

Climate activists are set to kick off New York City‘s climate week with a massive march designed to transform climate change ’from an environmental concern to an everybody issue.’

Christian Science Monitor

Climate change rally in India ahead of UN summit

YouTube

Alan Henning’s wife appeals to IS to release him

The wife of a British taxi driver being held hostage by Islamic State has pleaded with the militants to “see it in their hearts” to release him.

BBC

Scottish teens proud, passionate about voting

They arrived before polling stations opened, dressed for the school day in striped ties and blazers, dress slacks and tartan skirts -- and for the first time in British history, ballot cards in hand.

Longview News-Journal

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

A gender lens for giving

Women in philanthropy can – and should – commit far greater resources to advancing the cause of women and girls in the world.

Forbes

The new golden age of urban parks philanthropy

Private funding is pouring into parks lately, and not everyone is happy about it. Regardless, cities are putting together creative projects with massive backing from wealthy donors.

Inside Philanthropy

HUMAN RIGHTS

ISIS drives thousands of Syrians across border to Turkey

The number of refugees seeking shelter in Turkey from the Islamic State group’s advance across northern Syria has hit 100,000 in less than a week.

CBC News

Syria crisis: Turkey ‘ready for the worst’ as more than 130,000 seek refuge from Islamic State advances

ABC News

Massive flow of refugees enters Turkey to escape ISIS advance in Syria

CNN

Pope Francis praises human rights and religious freedom during Albania visit

Pope Francis has spoken out against those who use religion as a pretext for violence and oppression, in his clearest denunciation yet of the Islamic state militants murdering their way across Syria and Iraq.

Guardian

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

2 sides in Afghanistan accept deal making Ghani next president

Afghanistan’s presidential rivals signed an agreement forming a unity government with former finance minister Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai as president, ending a months-long standoff over a disputed runoff vote.

San Francisco Chronicle

Yemen government signs peace deal with Shiite rebels

Yemeni government officials and Shiite rebels signed a peace agreement on Sunday following days of violence that left more than 140 people dead and sent thousands fleeing their homes.

The Hindu

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

India can rise again, I have a clear road map, Prime Minister says

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said India has a chance to rise again as a global economic power and suggested that it could match with China and he has a “clear road map” to channelize entrepreneurial capabilities.

Times of India

The debate over US Common Core education

The core issue in education this school year revolves around the Common Core. It‘s a prescription for teaching and grading students that’s provoked an uncommonly spirited debate around the country.

CBS News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

NASA space probe to reach Mars

NASA will have another set of eyes on Mars tonight as the agency’s “Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution,” or “MAVEN,” spacecraft is set to arrive.

Huffington Post

How to get to Mars: NASA and India face big tests at red planet

Yahoo! News

Science and technology seen as key

With the capacity of Thailand in science, technology and innovation, the country has the potential to become a leading member of the Asian community, Deputy Prime Minister Yongyuth Yuthavong has said.

The Nation (Thailand)

Columns And Op-Ed

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Editorial:

Scotland’s vote helps others define community ties

Christian Science Monitor

Editorial:

Great expectations from new Afghan government

Gulf News

Column (Nathan Schneider):

Climate change is war – and Wall Street is winning

Al Jazeera

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GOOD NEWS

Social good summit: How will we create a better world by 2030?

The 2014 Social Good Summit is almost upon us. World leaders, grassroots activists, celebrities, new media mavens and UN experts will come together to discuss the type of world do we want to live in by the year 2030.

Forbes

Good samaritans flip SUV to save teens in river

Bystanders rushed to the aid of three teens who were trapped in an SUV that landed upside down in Utah’s Jordan River, authorities said.

ABC News

NONPROFITS & NGOS

Nonprofit orgs take heed

There’s more to running a successful nonprofit agency than raising money and providing services. How about taxes?

The Californian

Sri Lanka accused of trying to gag NGOs

Activists in Sri Lanka have accused the government of trying to silence the voice of civil society groups by imposing what they call “illegitimate” new regulations.

Al Jazeera

ENVIRONMENT

Record CO2 emissions ‘committing world to dangerous climate change’

Children born today will see the world committed to dangerous and irreversible levels of climate change by their young adulthood at current rates, as the world pours record levels of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.

Guardian

Rockefellers divesting from Big Oil

The Rockefeller family is divesting some of its massive fortune from fossil fuels. The Rockefeller Brothers Fund will announce the landmark move along with 49 other foundations.

Huffington Post

Photo of the Day

The thistle is not a favorite of gardners and farmers, but is an attractive and beautiful subject for photographers and is, in addition, one of the national flowers of Scotland. (Photo by John Haslam)

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