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Can we fight poverty by ending extreme wealth? Jan 20th 2013, 13:00 Nonprofits owe much of their budgets to wealthy donors, so it's unusual for a major charity group to implicate extremely rich individuals as part of the problem. In a sign that the "Occupy" and "99 percent" movements that swept the United States in recent years have taken on increased global relevance, Oxfam International this week called for "a new global goal to end extreme wealth by 2025," as a way to stem income inequality and continue the fight against poverty. Read full article >> Algerian forces search facility after deadly standoff ends Jan 20th 2013, 12:44 LONDON — Algerian security forces on Sunday were still sweeping a vast desert facility for bodies, a day after officials said eleven kidnappers and seven hostages died during an operation targeting the remaining militant stronghold at the plant run by London-based BP, Norway's Statoil and Algeria's state energy giant. Read full article >> Watch this cartoon that explains Mexico's cartel violence Jan 20th 2013, 12:00 In 2011, a Mexican newspaper editor named Maria Elizabeth Mac as Castro was decapitated for using social media to spread news about the activities of the country's criminal groups. So starts a new animated explainer created by I Shot Him, a San Francisco-based design studio, which used Castro's death and other anecdotes to explain the years-long Mexican drug war: Read full article >> Islamists to sit out Jordanian election Jan 20th 2013, 11:50 AMMAN — The candidates running in Jordan's upcoming parliamentary elections have slogans and campaign promises that would sound familiar to voters in the historic recent polls of other Arab countries. Read full article >> No classified FISA court rulings made public as a result of review Jan 20th 2013, 10:55 Three years ago, U.S. officials launched a review of significant classified rulings by a federal intelligence court to see which could be redacted sufficiently for public release. To date, none have. The challenge, said Robert S. Litt, general counsel at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, is that "in many cases, classified information is so intertwined with the legal analysis that removing the classified information would leave a document that lacks any meaningful substance." Read full article >>

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