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Youyou Tu searched ancient literature on herbal medicine in her quest to develop novel malaria therapies. The plant Artemisia annua was a candidate, and Tu purified the active agent, Artemisinin, a drug that is remarkably effective against Malaria. (Photo by The Nobel Foundation) Photo used under CC BY

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Guatemala mudslide area declared uninhabitable

Guatemalan officials have declared a neighborhood which was buried in a mudslide uninhabitable. More than 160 people died when the mudslide tore through homes in Santa Catarina Pinula.

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Guatemala to investigate for those responsible for mudslide

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Nobel prize in medicine goes to pioneers in parasitic diseases

The first of three prestigious science prizes on the first day of Nobel week are revealed: William Campbell and Satoshi Omura for their work on a therapy against roundworm, shared with Youyou Tu, for a therapy against malaria.

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Guardian

Doctors Without Borders enraged over ‘deliberate’ Kunduz Hospital bombing

A top U.S. commander said that the bombing of a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Afghanistan was accidental, but the humanitarian group claims otherwise.

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Afghan hospital ‘mistakenly struck’: general

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Reuters

Global growth is weakest since the crisis, IMF says

World economic growth this year will be the weakest since 2009, the International Monetary Fund said. It blamed China’s slowdown, low commodity prices, and the expected increase in U.S. interest rates.

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PHILANTHROPY AND AID

The face of philanthropy: finding hidden treasures in storytelling

The pirates of legend were always hunting for buried treasure. The 12-year-old nonprofit Story Pirates is looking for something more precious — the jewels to be found in a child’s writing.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Sorority sisters turn ridicule over selfies into philanthropy

Sisters of an Arizona State sorority turned down Fox Sports’ free ticket donation and asked it be donated to a domestic violence charity. Fox Sports announcers criticized the women for taking selfies during the game.

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ESPN

HUMAN RIGHTS

World poverty rate to fall below 10% for the first time

For the first time ever, the number of people living in extreme poverty is set to fall to below 10% of the global population in 2015, the World Bank said.

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UN Human Rights official: Mexico must withdraw army from streets

U.N. Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Raad al-Hussein said that the government should return soldiers to their barracks as such forces aren’t designed to do police work. Soldiers have been accused of human rights abuses.

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GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

Meet the right-wing rebels who overthrew John Boehner

The Republican civil war has claimed its biggest casualty yet. The revolution that toppled John Boehner was carried out by a group of intransigent conservatives.

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Kevin McCarthy abruptly quits speaker race, leaving Republicans in disarray

House Republicans will gather Friday morning to begin figuring out who, if anybody, is in charge. Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy shocked his colleagues by abruptly dropping out of the race for Speaker.

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USA TODAY

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

First ancient African genome solves migration mystery

An ancient African genome has been sequenced for the first time. Researchers extracted DNA from a 4,500-year-old skull that was discovered in the highlands of Ethiopia.

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BBC

What is NASA’s plan for landing humans on Mars?

NASA wants the world to know that putting boots on Mars is not just a dream. The space agency has been promoting the new film “The Martian” as a way to publicize its own plans to send astronauts there in the 2030s.

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Christian Science Monitor

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How asteroids can help us reach Mars

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DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Even Bernanke asks how bankers avoided jail

Ben Bernanke, the former Federal Reserve chairman, acted boldly in 2008 as the U.S. slipped into the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.

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Bernanke: I’m not really a Republican anymore

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Quartz

US trade gap widens as the dollar strengthens

The U.S. trade deficit jumped sharply in August as exports fell to the lowest level in nearly three years while imports increased, led by a surge in shipments of cell phones from China.

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Jaxon, born without most of brain and skull, celebrates 1st birthday

In a remarkable tale of human survival, a baby born with out large parts of his skull and brain is celebrating his first birthday today. Jaxon Buell of Florida was not expected to live more than a few days after he was born.

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Adding dried plums to diet reduces colon cancer risk

Including dried plums as part of one’s daily diet was found to potentially diminish the risk of colon cancer.

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MD magazine

NGOs AND NONPROFITS

What nonprofits can learn from the fundraising performance of Bernie Sanders

What can we learn from the extraordinary recent performance of the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign.

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Nonprofit Quarterly

China intent on restricting NGOs

Chinese President Xi Jinping addressed a proposed law that would place restrictions on foreign nongovernmental organizations operating in China.

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Associations Now

ENVIRONMENT

Creating an environment to remember your dreams

The environment has an impact on the growth, and the same is true for our dreams. If we want to remember our dreams, we can create an environment both internally and externally to help us with that.

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Huffington Post

South Carolina flooding: Dams breached, more trouble ahead

The rain may have stopped, but South Carolina is grappling with a host of new concerns. Dam breaks, billions of dollars in damage, and rivers that still haven’t crested.

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South Carolina cleans up, but worries remain amid floods

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South Carolina crews checking flood levels ‘minute by minute’

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The male Mandarin Duck is a spectacular bird with quite incredible color and plumage. (Photo by Richard Farrell) Photo used under CC BY

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