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Activists and supporters converged on the White House early in 2015, the 13th anniversary of the opening of the prison camp at Guantanamo, in a protest sponsored by Amnesty International. (Photo by Debra Sweet) Photo used under CC BY

Pentagon is thwarting plan to close Guantanamo Bay prison

The military has delayed the prisoner transfers needed to fulfill the president’s objective, withholding documents and making it difficult for foreign delegations to visit the prison, administration officials say.

Reuters

Detainee transfer set in drive to reduce Gitmo population

U.S. News & World Report

Chicago officer pleads not guilty in shooting death that sparked calls for mayor to resign

Officer Jason Van Dyke, who is white, has pleaded not guilty to murder and misconduct charges in the shooting of Laquan McDonald, 17, who was black.

USA TODAY

Cleveland cop’s acquittal spurs protests, arrests

CNN

French public can inspect Vichy-Nazi archive

Citizens may now freely inspect many documents relating to the era when the Vichy regime collaborated with Nazi occupiers.

Guardian

ISIS ruling illustrates attempt to morally justify sex slavery

The fatwa, obtained in a military raid in Syria, shows how the group is trying to reinterpret ancient teachings to justify slavery. An Islamic scholar calls it a deliberate misreading of verses designed to abolish slavery.

Reuters

Japan offers reparations for wartime sex slavery

The Atlantic

Bakery’s owners pay $135,000 in damages for refusing to make cake for lesbian couple

Oregon’s labor commissioner ordered Aaron and Melissa Klein to compensate a couple for violating their civil rights, causing emotional and mental suffering. The Kleins raised the money through a crowdfunding campaign.

Reuters

Motorcycle bomber kills dozens in Pakistan

The suicide attacker crashed into a government office, killing at least 26 and wounding dozens more, police say. Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a splinter group of the Pakistani Taliban, claimed responsibility for the attack.

Al Jazeera

2 arrested in plot to attack Brussels on New Years Eve

Brussels Times

British couple convicted in London terror plot

BBC

Fleeing Cubans will get to leave Costa Rica

Several Central American countries have reached a deal that will allow more than 8,000 Cubans to continue their journey toward the U.S. after being stymied by Nicaragua.

CBS Miami

YEAR IN REVIEW

12 stories from 2015 that remind us the world can be a pretty decent place sometimes

From a dog that somehow mastered a public transit system to Broadway casts performing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, these stories lightened the weight of the world’s woes.

Huffington Post

Top news photos of 2015

Associated Press

Most-watched human rights videos of 2015

Human Rights Watch

International figures who died in 2015

BBC

IN-DEPTH

The price of secularism in Bangladesh

In support of gender equality, human rights and civil liberties, a group of bloggers is doing battle with Islamists online — and paying dearly for it.

New York Times Magazine

Can Hobby Lobby buy the Bible?

The retail chain’s evangelical Christian owners have amassed one of the world’s largest private collections of biblical antiquities, drawing scrutiny in a time of widespread antiquities violations.

The Atlantic

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

In US, crime is down but anxiety is up

A New York University study found that overall crime continued to decline a bit throughout the United States in 2015, but highly visible mass shootings have contributed to Americans’ growing fearfulness.

Christian Science Monitor

IRS extends Obamacare reporting deadlines

The U.S. Treasury and IRS are extending some Affordable Care Act reporting deadlines to help companies meet the requirements. The vast majority of taxpayers will be unaffected, the agencies say.

Bloomberg

HUMAN RIGHTS

AP investigation helps free slaves

Four journalists tracked ships, located slaves and stalked refrigerated trucks to expose the abusive practices of the fishing industry in Southeast Asia. The investigation has led to the release of more than 2,000 slaves.

Associated Press

Unmarried Indonesian university students caned for public display of affection

The man and women, ages 20 and 23, were found guilty of committing khalwat (affectionate contact by an unmarried couple). They were among six people caned for violating Sharia laws against gambling and indecency.

Jakarta Post

Critics fear China will use new antiterrorism law to increase control over its population

China’s governing body says the bill will help address rising terror threats at home and boost international security, but some analysts say the bill is aimed at controlling the Chinese population.

CNN

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Amazon moves into massive Indian market

The online retail titan of the West gives Fortune magazine a close look at how it is piecing together an immensely complex puzzle as it tosses out assumptions that American customers have taken for granted for decades.

Fortune

US-Canada lumber pact helped many

One little-known legacy of the now-expiring softwood lumber agreement: It spawned a massive, Canadian-funded humanitarian effort in the US.

CTV

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

These truisms proved false in 2015

Discoveries announced this year revised the facts of yesteryear. As it turns out, the distinct Brontosaurus really existed, light can be slowed down, and at least one fish is warm-blooded.

Science News

Feuding physicists turn to philosophy for help

String theory is at the heart of a debate over the integrity of the scientific method itself. Is string theory science? After a decade of debate, physicists and cosmologists are looking to philosophy for help.

Nature

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GOOD NEWS

Solo rower, 53, completes 209-day voyage from North America to Australia

For seven months, John Beeden rowed his 20-foot long boat, named “Socks II,” sometimes 15 hours a day. When he arrived in northeast Australia, he set foot on dry land for the first time in 209 days.

PBS NewsHour

Scientists dub glowing black shark ‘Ninja’

A freakish, all-black shark with glowing capabilities has been given a distinctive name to match its looks: the Ninja Lanternshark.

Chicago Sun-Times

Successes in Pakistan, Afghanistan raise WHO’s hopes for global polio eradication

Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only two countries where polio is still endemic, but in the past year there has been a dramatic drop in cases to 66 in the two countries, compared with 332 cases in nine countries in 2014.

Guardian

Africa marks a year without a new case of wild polio

BBC

NGOs AND NONPROFITS

Microhouses challenge community standards

As nonprofits and entrepreneurs produce dwellings the size of garden sheds, U.S. communities scramble to pass and enforce suitable laws and provide utilities.

Nonprofit Quarterly

Israel raises concerns by voting to impose new reporting requirements on rights groups

Opponents say the bill, which would require organizations to provide details of countries funding their activities, unfairly targets left-wing groups.

Guardian

ENVIRONMENT

Winter storm Goliath hits southern Plains, Midwest and Northeast

Winter Storm Goliath brought more than three feet of snow and extremely dangerous blizzard conditions to parts of the Southern Plains.

The Weather Channel

Winter storm moves out but creates mess for Chicago airports

WGN

Deadly, rare winter flood slams Missouri

CBS News

Bicyclists enjoy freedom as smog-bound Italian cities limit use of private cars

Milan is imposing partial-day bans on private cars in a bid to alleviate persistent smog. Rome and Florence also are limiting motorized activity on roads.

CBS News

Inuits call for protection of their food sources

A report issued this month by the Inuit Circumpolar Council-Alaska, which advocates for Inuit coast villages in Alaska, calls for policies that protect Inuit traditional food and the Arctic environment that produces it.

Seattle Times

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Facebook philanthropists to enlist advisers

Priscilla Chan and her husband, Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, will hire a small, nimble and visionary team of experts to guide the distribution of their $45 billion in philanthropy, Chan says.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Refugee crisis creates ‘stateless generation’

Babies born to migrants may be ineligible for citizenship in any country because of biased laws and inadequate EU controls.

Guardian

‘Borat’ actor, wife donate $1M for Syrian refugees

NBCNews.com

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The River Liffey, downtown Dublin, Ireland (Photo by Keo the Younger) Photo used under CC BY

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