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Demonstrators lay on the ground in front of the White House in this August 2014 demonstration calling for greater U.S. intervention against ISIS to save Iraqi minorities – including Yazidis and Christians – from genocide at the hands of ISIS. (Photo by Robert Lyle Bolton) Photo used under CC BY

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ISIS commits sectarian genocide, US declares

ISIS has committed genocide against Christians, Yazidis and Shiite Muslims, the U.S. asserts - a finding U.S. officials hope will bring more resources to help the persecuted groups.

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Reuters

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Secretary of State John Kerry presents case for atrocity declarations

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Newsy

Lula sworn in amid protests and challenges

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sworn in as President Dilma Rousseff’s chief of staff amid nationwide protests, legal challenges and an absent vice president as the political crisis that paralyzed the nation intensifies.

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Bloomberg

Ryan tells GOP to brace for contested convention

House Speaker Paul Ryan says it is increasingly likely that the Republican Party’s presidential nominating convention this summer will be contested. GOP front-runner Donald Trump warns of “riots” if he is denied the party’s presidential nomination.

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Reuters

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Conservatives grasp for a plan to stop Trump

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Time

N. Korea sentences US student to hard labor

North Korea’s highest court convicted 21-year-old University of Virginia student Otto Warmbier of subversion and sentenced him to 15 years of prison and hard labor.

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NPR

Scans of Tut’s tomb suggest more chambers

For at least 3,339 years, nobody has seen what lies behind the west and north walls of the tomb of Tutankhamun. But this secret of three millennia might not last much longer.

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National Geographic

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King Tut‘s tomb: ’90%’ chance of hidden chambers

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CNN

SeaWorld to phase out killer-whale shows

Embattled amusement-park operator SeaWorld Entertainment said that the killer whales currently living at its facilities will be its last as it will stop breeding them immediately and phase out orca shows.

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USA TODAY

HUMAN RIGHTS

Video of Japanese journalist captured in Syria

A video has surfaced of Japanese freelance journalist Junpei Yasuda for the first time since he was believed to be taken hostage by the al-Nusra Front in Syria last year.

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TIME

US human rights credibility on line in Cuba

Obama should call for concrete measures to end systematic repression in Cuba during his visit to Havana from March 20 to 22, Human Rights Watch said.

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Human Rights Watch

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Obama abolishes last major restrictions on US travel to Cuba

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GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

Anonymous plans a new war on Donald Trump

Anonymous gives a “call to arms” inviting anyone with a computer to spread the word and participate in “Operation Trump,” now labeled “#OpTrump.”

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Huffington Post

Paul Ryan isn’t interested in being nominated

House Speaker Paul Ryan’s spokeswoman says he is not interested in the Republican nomination for president.

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MSN News

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

The draft EU-Turkey migrant deal, at a glance

The latest draft of a deal between the European Union and Turkey says both sides will pledge at a summit “to end the irregular migration from Turkey to the EU.”

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Kurdish rebels claim deadly Ankara blast

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CNN

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

EU aid in development in the most vulnerable districts of the central and Uva’

EU announced that it will co-sign two new support programs worth €38 million in total in the field of rural development and trade with Sri Lanka.

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Pakistan Defense

Whatever happened to the British nightclub?

In 2005 there were 3,144 nightclubs across the country, but last year there were just 1,733. The long list of press articles reporting the demise of nightclubs in cities across the country reads like a never-ending body count.

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BBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Scientists have discovered mysterious ‘fairy circles’ in the Australian outback

Mysterious circular patches of dry, barren land have been spotted scattered across the Australian outbreak. Known as ‘fairy circles’, these round patterns had previously only been seen in the dry grasslands of Namibia.

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ScienceAlert.com

Eye lenses restored with child’s own stem cells

Stem cells could help treat people with cataracts and even some who are blind by regenerating eye tissue and replacing flawed lenses, according to new experiments in children and rabbits.

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GOOD NEWS

Denmark again happiest country on Earth

If you want to enjoy the highest quality of life possible, you may want to consider a move to Scandinavia. A new report on worldwide happiness names Denmark as the happiest country on Earth, beating Switzerland.

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Quartz

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Forbes

Destitute man fingers fugitive, gets $100,000

A recently homeless San Francisco man who spotted an escaped kidnapper outside a McDonald’s across from Golden Gate Park and alerted police will get a $100,000 reward.

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San Francisco Chronicle

NGO AND NONPROFIT

Mayor de Blasio’s NYC nonprofit to disband

Mayor de Blasio’s controversial political nonprofit — which raised millions for his pet projects while operating outside the city’s strict campaign finance rules — is disbanding.

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New York Daily News

German NGO slams Turkey’s refugee plan

As EU leaders struggle to agree on a final action plan with Turkey, Germany’s largest immigration NGO has published a legal opinion questioning the legality of the proposals.

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EurActiv Germany

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

NY gala raises $26M for Israeli forces

The Friends of Israeli Defense Forces raised over $26 million in one night when more than 1,300 prominent business and philanthropic leaders gathered at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel for the FIDF National NY Gala Dinner.

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Jewish Post

Ethiopia calls for more aid amid drought

Ethiopia’s leader urged the international community to donate more toward emergency food aid for millions of people amid a drought.

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ABC News

ENVIRONMENT

Energy-poor Venezuela orders lights out

Venezuela is ordering businesses, factories, government buildings, and offices to shut down for an entire week as an extreme energy-saving measure in an oil-rich country that’s running out of power.

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Grist

Storks skip migration to eat human leftovers

White storks have stopped migrating from Europe to Africa for the winter, researchers say. Instead, they stay in Spain and Portugal year-round, feasting on landfills’ “junk food.”

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Christian Science Monitor

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