Nicholas Kristof's Top Stories

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1. Ruthless Iran: Can a Deal Be Made?

   nybooks.com ❘ Shared by Sadanand Dhume, Joe Cirincione and 1 other

   Abbas/Magnum Photos Portraits of Iran’s supreme leaders, Ayatollahs Khomeini and Khamenei, Tehran, May 2001 Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett are unusual among former staffers of the CIA, the State Department, and the National Security Council in...

   

2. Okla. tornado survivor finds dog buried alive under rubble

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   Oklahoma tornado leaves residents in state of shock A tornado estimated to be a mile wide has obliterated part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. The tornado hit the city of Moore, where two schools were hit, along with a hospital and a movie...

   

3. Afghanistan: Surge in Women Jailed for ‘Moral Crimes’

   hrw.org ❘ Shared by Half the Sky Mvmt, Kenneth Roth and 1 other

   (Kabul) – The Afghan government should take urgent steps to halt an alarming increase in women and girls imprisoned for “moral crimes,” Human Rights Watch said today.  Commitments by senior government officials to end such abuses have had little...

   

4. Business & Financial News, Breaking US & International News

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   How to help tornado victims -- The Oklahoman: American Red Cross: The Oklahoma Red Cross is asking people to donate by texting Red Cross to 90999 which will be a $10 donation. Salvation Army: Donations can be made to Salvation Army Disaster Relief,...

   

5. GIF Creator, Steve Wilhite, Receives Lifetime Achievement Webby Award

   nyti.ms ❘ Shared by Carolina V. Valencia and The New York Times

   Among the thousands of file formats that exist in modern computing, the GIF, or Graphics Interchange Format, has attained celebrity status in a sea of lesser-known BMPs, RIPs, FIGs and MIFFs. It was honored as a “word of the year” in 2012, and...