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World Bank projects use tax havens, Oxfam says

Three out of four companies doing business with World Bank funds in sub-Saharan Africa last year used tax havens, according to a report by the anti-poverty group Oxfam.

USA TODAY

Activists plan to put IMF, World Bank on the hot seat

CNN

Obama regrets ill preparation for Libya fallout

President Barack Obama has said failing to prepare for the aftermath of the ousting of Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi was the worst mistake of his presidency.

BBC

Hiroshima visit underlines need for peace, Kerry says

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday called his visit to a memorial to victims of the 1945 U.S. nuclear attack on Hiroshima “gut-wrenching” and said it was a reminder of the need to pursue a world free of nuclear weapons.

Reuters

Senior North Korean spy defects to South

A colonel from North Korea’s military spy agency, the General Reconnaissance Bureau, fled to South Korea last year in a case of a senior-level defection, Seoul officials said.

CBS News

Closed NY primary a challenge for Sanders

New York is the first in a series of upcoming “closed primaries,” which allow only registered Democrats to participate - and that could create a major problem for Bernie Sanders, who relies on independent voters.

NBCNews.com

Trump slams GOP nominating process

Republican front-runner Donald Trump took a new round of shots at the GOP‘s nominating process while his newly hired convention manager accused Ted Cruz of using “gestapo tactics” to earn delegate support.

FOX News

Dems think Trump is toxic to down-ballot candidates

FOX News

HUMAN RIGHTS

Germany mulls demand to prosecute comic

Germany is considering a request from Turkey to prosecute a TV comedian who wrote a crude poem about the Turkish president, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman.

ABC News

US bureaucracy hinders records requests

As U.S. officials dealt with the fallout of the government’s once-secret “Cuban Twitter” program, they had one thing on their side: notorious delays in the federal Freedom of Information Act.

ABC News

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS

Labor MP thrown out of Parliament for insult

Labour MP Dennis Skinner has been thrown out of Parliament for labelling the Prime Minister ‘Dodgy Dave’ over his personal finances. Mr. Skinner was asked twice to withdraw his jibe by Speaker Bercow but refused.

The Independent

David Cameron will speed up tax-evasion rules following Panama Papers leak

TIME

Vatican trip could boost Sanders’ fight

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders will speak at an event in the Vatican next week, likely broadening his appeal to Catholic voters ahead of crucial nominating contests in a series of Northeastern states.

Reuters

Sanders did not invite himself to Vatican

MSN News

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Yahoo gives bidders another week

Yahoo has moved the deadline for its bids out another week to April 18, according to sources close to the situation and the bankers they talk to.

CNBC

Saudi Arabia to build a bridge to Egypt

Saudi Arabia and Egypt have agreed to build a bridge across the Red Sea to enjoin the two countries.Saudi King made an announcement Friday shortly after meeting with his Egyptian counterpart during a state visit to Egypt.

MSN News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Far-off engineers get Kepler back in action

After slipping into emergency mode last week, NASA’s Kepler spacecraft is ready to continue its hunt for Earth 2.0.

Christian Science Monitor

Petya ransomware encryption system cracked

Petya ransomware victims can now unlock infected computers without paying. An unidentified programmer has produced a tool that exploits shortfalls in the way the malware encrypts a file that allows Windows to start up.

BBC

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GOOD NEWS

Dollar bill reunites friends after 40 years

Growing up in West Palm Beach, Steve Morris and Joe Whitehead were best friends, but Joe moved away and they lost touch. Decades passed. All the while, Steve held onto his half of a promise, hoping Joe would too.

CBS News

An AI-written book almost won a literary prize

In the future, artificial intelligence may be making art. A novella co-written by an AI program made it through the first round of selection for a Japanese literary prize.

Smithsonian Magazine

NGO AND NONPROFIT

NGOs demand end to tiger farming and trade

As delegates prepare for the 3rd Asia ministerial conference on tiger conservation in Delhi, more than 23 NGOs and bodies in India want a commitment to zero demand for tiger parts in order to achieve zero poaching.

Times of India

Egypt’s NGO crackdown said to shield torture

United Nations investigators have accused the Egyptian Government of closing down nongovernment organizations and putting travel bans on their staff in order to block scrutiny of human rights issues in the country.

Australian Broadcasting Company

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Making the philanthropic sector inclusive

When it comes to diversifying American philanthropy, few would argue that there has been too little discussion about making the sector look more like the people it serves. The challenge is to set in motion the measures that assure greater diversity in the sector.

Nonprofit Quarterly

Houston’s wealth drives culture of giving

Long one of America’s largest cities, Houston has recently become one of its most prosperous, driven by growth in the oil, housing, and tech industries. This rising wealth has inspired tremendous philanthropy.

Forbes

ENVIRONMENT

California misses water conserving target

Residents of drought-plagued California fell just short of the state’s mandated water conservation target over the nine months that ended in February.

MSN News

Popocatepetl volcano erupts

The Popocatepetl volcano in central Mexico has had a series of eruptions, and images of the dramatic sight are making the Internet rounds.

NewsMax

Mexico’s Popocatepetl volcano erupts

Bing.com

Photo of the Day

This pair of masked boobies was photgraphed on Trig Island within the French Frigate Shoals (Kanemiloha’i), part of the Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge. (Photo by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service) Photo used under CC BY

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