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In 2014, Ethiopian civilians discovered a mass grave of Oromos executed by government troops. Tigrean elite. Violence has intensified since 55 people were killed in clashes between police and protesters at an Oromo festival. (Photo by Gadaa.com) Photo used under CC BY

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Ethiopia’s ethnic strife spurs state of emergency

Ethiopia has declared a state of emergency following months of anti-government protests by members of the country’s two largest ethnic groups. The Oromo and the Amhara make up about 60 percent of the population. They complain power is held by a tiny Tigrean elite.

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What is behind Ethiopia’s wave of protests?

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BBC

Colombia’s Santos wins Nobel Peace Prize

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos won the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his efforts to end a 52-year-old war with Marxist guerrillas, a surprise choice and a show of support days after voters rejected a peace deal he signed with the rebels.

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Reuters

Indigenous Peoples’ Day gains momentum

The state of Vermont and the city of Phoenix have joined the list of places that now call the second Monday in October Indigenous Peoples’ Day, in a show of momentum for honoring indigenous people on Columbus Day.

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Denver approves Indigenous People’s Day

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KDVR

International aid finally reaches battered Haiti

International aid convoys have finally reached storm-hit Haiti as Hurricane Matthew weakens after claiming almost 900 lives across the Carribean and US.

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Evening Standard

Iran asks UN to aid Yemeni bomb victims

Iran’s foreign minister is asking U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to use his “good offices” to arrange for an Iranian aircraft to bring humanitarian supplies to victims of the deadly attack on a funeral home in Yemen’s capital and evacuate the injured.

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CBS News

Tribe to continue fight against pipeline

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe will keep fighting the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline after a federal court rejected its request to halt construction on the project, which the tribe says would destroy some of its sacred sites.

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NBCNews.com

HUMAN RIGHTS

Rights report warns of anti-foreigner sentiment

Xenophobia in the UK has been stoked by “considerable intolerant political discourse”, a European human rights watchdog claims. The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance said racist violence had been “on the rise” in the UK.

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BBC

S. African protesters demand free college

Confrontation is taking place between the protesting students and the police on the one hand and between opposing groups of students on the other. This is the third week of protests since the minister of education announced an 8 percent increase of student fees.

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Why Anna Politkovskaya still inspires

Anna Politkovskaya was a leading voice in Russia, reporting on the Chechnya war. For close to seven years, starting 1999, she traveled to Chechnya for Novaya Gazeta, taking tremendous personal risks to tell stories of indiscriminate bombing and shelling, atrocious mop-up operations by federal forces, brutal killings, disappearances and torture of civilians.

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Human Rights Watch

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Yemenis protest after funeral hall attack

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BBC

UK companies must report under slavery act

Many organizations started voluntarily posting their modern slavery and human trafficking statements months ago. But now, UK’s Modern Slavery Act’s transition period is over, and there real deadlines to meet.

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National Law Review

What’s at stake in US-Israeli settlement row

Xenophobia in the UK has been stoked by “considerable intolerant political discourse,” a European human rights watchdog claims. The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance said racist violence had been “on the rise” in the UK.

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CNN

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

New fault line discovered in California

Seismologists have discovered evidence of a previously unknown fault running under the edge of the Salton Sea, which may accommodate some of the strain on the San Andreas fault.

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Christian Science Monitor

Fossil fuels produce high methane emissions

Methane emissions from fossil fuels may be twice as high as previously thought, a new study says. Some say the fossil fuel industry can be part of the solution, while others call for a shift to a low-carbon economy.

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Christian Science Monitor

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Investors see danger in UK’s Brexit plan

The U.K. plan to leave the European Union is finally taking shape, and markets don’t like what they see. Prime Minister Theresa May gave investors a sneak peak at her game plan for Brexit negotiations.

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CNNMoney

Samsung investigating replacement phone fires

Samsung Electronics said it’s investigating a Galaxy Note 7 that is reported to have caught fire in Kentucky, a third incident in less than a week involving its replacement phones.

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USA TODAY

GLOBAL HEALTH

How back pain took over the world

The things that make us low-level miserable are now more likely to be simple aches and pains, rather than frightening, communicable diseases like diarrhea. That’s encouraging, but it’s still a little sad. People all over the world increasingly live long, great lives, only to spend their golden years slathered in IcyHot. Why?

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The Atlantic

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Progress on neglected tropical diseases

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Huffington Post

Is extra screening required for breast cancer?

Following up a mammogram with an ultrasound exam can find more cancers, but the additional test can also find more false positives that are not cancer at all.

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NPR

Superbugs reach apex of global health worries

Superbugs have been elevated to the top of the global agenda, with World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, GlaxoSmithKline drug firm boss Sir Andrew Witty, and others meeting at the United Nations to keep antibiotics and other drugs working for future generations.

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Al Jazeera

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Superbug infections: Could salt be the solution?

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Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Elliot M. Cho):

Deterioration of democracy in East Asia threatens human rights

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Huffington Post Canada

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte‘s drug war an act of ’genocide’

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New Zealand Herald

Column (Abdul Wahid Mohammed Ahmed Al- Nur):

A step too far: chemical warfare and the forgotten genocide of Darfur

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GOOD NEWS

Cat awakens owner during deadly seizures

Glen Schallman suffers from brain diseases that cause frequent seizures. When they occur while a person is sleeping, these seizures can interfere with breathing and turn deadly. Luckily for Schallman, he now has a furry safeguard against that worst-case scenario.

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For families, Mall of America takes a holiday

The biggest mall in the US has drawn a line in the sand when it comes to opening on Thanksgiving Day. It had been among the growing list of retailers that open their doors on Thanksgiving night to stretch Black Friday amid a fierce battle for consumers’ holiday spending.

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NGOs AND NPOs

Civil societies urge S. African leader to resign

Save South Africa – a new coalition of civil society organisations described as being united in their “deep concern” at President Jacob Zuma’s leadership – has called on the him to resign.

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TimesLive

Voices for Children rethinks recruitment

Each year in San Diego and Riverside Counties together, more than 10,000 children who have been abused, abandoned, or neglected will pass through the foster care system. Voices for Children, a local nonprofit organization, provides children in foster care with volunteer Court Appointed Special Advocates, or CASAs.

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Nonprofit Quarterly

ENVIRONMENT

UN, airlines agree to cap greenhouse gases

The United Nations’ aviation arm overwhelmingly ratified an agreement yesterday to control global warming emissions from international airline flights, the first climate-change pact to set worldwide limits on a single industry.

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Buenos Aires Herald

Matthew forebodes climate change devastation

Major storms such as Hurricane Matthew, which has slammed into Haiti and now the U.S., will grow in menace as the world warms and sea levels rise, scientists have warned.

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Newsweek

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Hurricane Matthew swamps Carolinas, triggering flash flooding

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The Weather Channel

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Shot in Zurich, Switzerland, and uploaded Oct. 6, 2016 (Photo by Thomas8047) Photo used under CC BY

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