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Snowden: Internal Newsletters from NSA (Russ)

Want to know what they discuss inside the National Security Agency’s super-duper “Signals” section? Here it is.

Pope Francis Criticizes Western Interference in Middle East, Africa (Milicent)

The Pope said it best: “Faced with current Islamist terrorism, we should question the way a model of democracy that was too Western was exported to countries where there was a strong power, as in Iraq, or Libya, where there was a tribal structure… We cannot advance without taking these cultures into account. As a Libyan said some time ago: ‘We used to have one Gaddafi, now we have 50 of them!’”

Autistic Black Kids Often Diagnosed with Mental Retardation, ADHD (Klaus)

Black children with autism often do not get the help they need because they are diagnosed with mental retardation or ADHD instead.

Before Fracking, Regular Drilling Caused Earthquakes (Russ)

That’s what a study found — that oil and gas drilling has long been responsible.

Chadian Tragedy Documentary Sheds Light on One of Africa’s Least-Known Mass Killings (Trevin)

An American ally at the time, Chadian dictator Hissène Habré murdered 40,000 between 1982 and 1990, while France funded his torture chambers.  Habré faces a tribunal later this month in neighboring Senegal, where he fled into exile after being deposed in 1990. The film, which premiered at Cannes on Monday, explores whether or not the survivors can find forgiveness in their hearts.

Correction: our original posting incorrectly stated that the eruption took place in 1982.

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