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Some Russians propagate nostalgia for Soviet era

With economic woes at home and tensions with the West abroad, Russians are putting a new gloss on the Communist years – one that even previously unsupportive authorities seem to now be tacitly backing.

Christian Science Monitor

Political novices launch new era in Myanmar

Hundreds of political newcomers are poised to take their seats in Myanmar’s most democratic legislature in generations, following the huge November landslide win by Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy.

NDTV

Government, army congratulate Suu Kyi

Guardian

Damascus attacks kill 45 as Syria peace talks begin

Talks to end five years of war in Syria got off to a difficult start, barely averting a boycott by President Bashar al-Assad’s opponents and clouded by a triple bombing outside Damascus that killed at least 45 people.

Bloomberg

Boko Haram kills 86, burns children alive

USA TODAY

UK ‘holding a gun’ to European Union

The U.K.’s 43-year membership in the EU comes into sharper focus this month as PM David Cameron discovers whether the rest of the bloc will offer enough concessions to convince the British people it’s worth staying.

Bloomberg

$7.6B stolen in online Chinese Ponzi scheme

Police say online lender Ezubao used fake business listings to take in about 50 billion yuan ($7.6 billion) from nearly 1 million people who expected a 14 percent return.

NPR

‘World’s best chef’ dies at 44 years old

The chef in charge of a Swiss restaurant dubbed the best in the world was found dead at his home on Sunday in a suspected suicide, according to Swiss news website 24 Heures.

CNBC

IN-DEPTH

How to watch the Iowa caucuses

The caucuses officially begin in which voters show up at school gyms, churches and community centers. About 1,100 precinct locations will be open for Democrats and 900 for Republicans.

CBS News

How the Iowa caucuses became a big deal

TIME

Eating fiber may lower breast cancer risk

Teenage girls who get plenty of fiber in their diets may have a lower risk of breast cancer later in life, a new, large study suggests.

U.S. News & World Report

Charity calls for end to breast cancer deaths by 2050

BBC

TERROR

Afghanistan: Kabul suicide bomber kills 20

A suicide bomber has killed 20 people at a police headquarters in the Afghan capital Kabul, officials say. At least 25 others were wounded in the blast in the west of the city, the interior ministry said.

BBC

Colombia’s Santos wants FARC off terrorist list

President Santos wants the US to remove the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia from its list of terrorist organizations if he seals a peace deal with the oldest leftist insurgency in Latin America.

Boston Herald

HUMAN RIGHTS

UN rights chief: Turkey must probe shooting

The U.N. human rights chief is calling on Turkey to investigate the alleged shooting of unarmed people in southeastern Turkey that turned up in “extremely shocking” footage posted online last week.

ABC News

China women’s center shuts amid crackdown

A prominent Chinese women’s legal aid center said it will shut down, without supplying details, amid an intensifying crackdown on nongovernmental organizations.

Reuters

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

Obama to meet Speaker Ryan next week

Obama will meet for the first time on Tuesday with Speaker Paul Ryan to discuss budget priorities and ways to work together this year, the White House said.

Reuters

Ted Cruz clashes with moderator Chris Wallace

Ted Cruz clashed briefly with moderator Chris Wallace over not getting to respond after his name was mentioned in a question to Chris Christie, though Christie himself didn’t mention Cruz.

Politico

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Stocks jump as Japan rate goes negative

Stocks jumped worldwide and the yen slumped after the Bank of Japan stunned markets by adopting negative interest rates, while hopes the Federal Reserve will slow the pace of U.S. rate hikes also underpinned stock gains.

Reuters

After 40-year ban, US exporting crude oil

America is wasting little time getting back into the oil exporting business. Just weeks after Congress lifted a 40-year ban on exporting oil, the first shipments of the black stuff left U.S. ports for Europe.

CNNMoney

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Microsoft putting the cloud under the sea

Microsoft’s audacious Project Natick puts data center servers underwater for five years at a time, saving tons of money on cooling.

PC World

Google tests solar-powered Internet drones

The secretive Project Skybender, The Guardian reports, aims to use high-frequency millimeter wave transmitters that could be used to provide next-generation 5G wireless Internet access.

Newsweek

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GOOD NEWS

Maasai cricketers go to bat for women

The Maasai Cricket Warriors, a semi-professional team, use their prominence to campaign against female genital mutilation and raise awareness for HIV/AIDS prevention.

Huffington Post

Mom hears dead son’s heart beat in little girl

The mother of a boy who died under suspicious circumstances was able to hear his heart beat again — inside the body of the 4-year-old organ recipient.

USA TODAY

NGO AND NONPROFIT

NGO gives low-Income earners an opportunity to own a home

The Millard Fuller Foundation (MFF), a Non-Governmental Organisation, said it had constructed residential houses for low income earners resident in the FCT and its environs.

Bella Naija

After raising millions for local nonprofits, The Amazing Raise takes final bow

The Community Foundation announced Thursday it will discontinue its annual Amazing Raise event, a 36-hour online fundraiser for local nonprofits.

CBS News

ENVIRONMENT

Canadian officials talk carbon-cutting strategy

Canada‘s environment ministers were meeting in an effort to negotiate a national carbon-cutting strategy to meet the country’s ambitious international targets.

Globeandmail.com

Environmental and climate change meeting

CBC News

Humans ate giant ancient bird into extinction

The giant bird, which scientists have dubbed Genyornis newtoni, weighed roughly 500 pounds and stood about seven feet tall. Its eggs would have been the size of cantaloupes, and likely weighed 3.5 pounds.

Christian Science Monitor

Risky pesticides left on market too long

The federal Pest Management Regulatory Agency is taking years to remove confirmed pesticide risks from the marketplace while failing to evaluate many other products, according to a new audit.

CBC News

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Google donates 25,000 laptops to refugees

The Californian tech giant, via its charitable arm Google.org, is donating 25,000 laptops to German charities and aid groups trying to tackle the ongoing refugee crisis.

Business Insider

The faces Of China’s new philanthropy

Three decades after economic reforms paved the way for 400 billionaires to emerge (if briefly), extremely wealthy Chinese have started giving their money away in large sums.

Forbes

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Sunset at Lake Sils taken from Sils with view in direction Maloja. (Photo by kuhnmi) Photo used under CC BY

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