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Edward Snowden, shown speaking via video at the South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas, in March 2014, is appealing to President Obama to pardon him for disseminating classified U.S. documents. (Photo by Cory Doctorow) Photo used under CC BY

Rights groups urge US to pardon Snowden

A group of human rights organizations including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the ACLU are kicking off a campaign this week to ask President Obama to pardon Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor who leaked a trove of internal documents in 2013.

Yahoo! News

Snowden makes moral case for clemency

Guardian

U.S. will admit many more refugees in 2017

The Obama administration is pressing ahead with plans to boost the number of refugees it will allow into the U.S. as a national debate rages over immigration and security.

Christian Science Monitor

US set to lift Myanmar sanctions, Obama says

Obama has announced he is prepared to lift sanctions on Myanmar after the country‘s Democratic transformation and re-entry into the US’s good graces.

CNN

UN urges access for aid in Syria

UN Secretary General has urged Russia and the US to push all warring sides in Syria to allow safe passage for aid. A food supply for 40,000 people are stuck at the Turkish border, 48 hours into a ceasefire.

BBC

Aid expected In Syria as cease-fire holds

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Erdogan: Turkey ‘has duty’ to defeat ISIS Syria

Turkey has a duty to defeat ISIS in neighboring Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said. He called it a “binding duty” to ensure the militants were “unable to carry out actions inside our country.”

BBC

Typhoon thrashes Taiwan, heads to China

Typhoon Meranti has made landfall in eastern China near the city of Xiamen as a Category 2 Typhoon with winds of 105 mph after bringing winds over 100 mph and more than 20 inches of rain to Taiwan.

The Weather Channel

HUMAN RIGHTS

Zimbabwean police plan to ban protests

Zimbabwean police plan to ban public demonstrations in the capital for a month, according to a public notice issued that opposition lawyers said marked a slide toward a police state.

Reuters

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

NC Republicans object to NCAA pullout

GOP politicians in North Carolina are lashing out at the NCAA after the sanctioning body announced it was relocating seven championship sporting events because of a state law limiting civil rights protections for LGBT people.

NPR

WAR AND TERRORISM

Largest-ever US military aid deal set for Israel

The Obama administration is upping aid to Israel as part of the largest pledge of military assistance in US history. Israel is set to get about $38 billion over 10 years, according to congressional and administration sources,.

CNN

Adviser: Terrorism bill could fuel extremism

A senior Saudi policy adviser has condemned a U.S. bill that would allow families of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to sue the kingdom for damages, warning it would stoke extremism.

Reuters

Taliban claims twin bombings in Afghanistan

Twin bombings near the Afghan Defense Ministry have killed at least 24 people in an attack claimed by the Taliban. Another 91 people were wounded in the attack.

Christian Science Monitor

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

DOJ investigating Wells Fargo scandal

Federal prosecutors are investigating Wells Fargo in connection with the bank’s sales practices after it agreed to pay $185 million in fines for opening more than 2 million unauthorized accounts, according to a person familiar with the Justice Department investigation.

Bloomberg

Exec who headed unit due $125 million in retirement

FOX News

China, Russia team in S. China Sea

Chinese and Russian naval forces began joint exercises in the South China Sea, adding a new twist to ongoing tensions over Chinese island-building in the region.

CNN

US bombers warn China, Russia, N. Korea

NBCNews.com

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Most detailed map of Milky Way unveiled

Astronomers have unveiled the most detailed map to date of the Milky Way, after charting the positions of more than 1 billion stars with stunning precision.

Guardian

A virtual journey among stars of the Milky Way

Nature

Moon may contribute to earthquakes

Some of the largest quakes in recent memory happened when the Earth’s crust was under the highest tidal stress.

The Atlantic

GLOBAL HEALTH

E-cigarettes help smokers quit, study finds

BBC

Making babies without eggs may be possible

Scientists say early experiments suggest it may one day be possible to make babies without using eggs. They have succeeded in creating healthy baby mice by tricking sperm into believing they were fertilizing.

BBC

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GOOD NEWS

Former gang rivals providing gourmet meals

Tired of life on the streets, friends in Los Angeles are putting aside gang colors to provide home-cooked, gourmet meals to members of their community. Their popularity has grown enormously thanks to social media.

NBCNews.com

NGOs

NGOs concerned about UK’s aid approach

NGOs have raised concerns that British aid funding will be diverted away from supporting the world’s poorest people towards facilitating trade have been raised by NGOs. Writing in the Daily Mail, the new international development secretary Priti Patel announced she would “challenge and change the global aid system.”

Guardian

Italy NGO: Migrant asylum rejection rises

Italy’s rising rejection rate for asylum requests clashes with the stories told by migrants who risk their lives to cross the desert and sea to reach Europe, a Rome-based humanitarian group said.

Reuters

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Iran: Eid al-Adha marked as day of charity

Some 2,000 sheep were donated this year to this center alone, with one-quarter slaughtered on site and the rest sent to the needy elsewhere. In Persian, the holiday is called Eid-e Ghorban.

Christian Science Monitor

Toy startup moves to fund social justice work

Woozy Moo sells toys under the banner of girl empowerment, eco-friendliness, and attention to special-needs children. And now Woozy Moo has launched a grant program to support direct service or advocacy work that addresses social injustice or inequality.

Inside Philanthropy

ENVIRONMENT

Louisiana seeks bailout as flood costs hit $15B

The cost of August’s historic flooding in Louisiana is rising as fast as riverwater. It could hit $15 billion, and state officials and residents have begun scrambling to find money as southern Louisiana slowly dries out.

Guardian

Brazil ratifies Paris deal; joins top polluters

Brazil, one of the world’s largest emitters of heat-trapping gases, has ratified the Paris agreement to fight global warming, joining top polluters United States and China and bringing the deal closer to implementation.

Reuters

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A boy admires the United Buddy Bears display, a traveling exhibit of German artworks, in Malaysia on Sept. 11, 2016. (Photo by Ah Wei) Photo used under CC BY

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