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Ukrainian PM blames security forces for Odessa deaths as Kiev’s troops surround Slovyansk

Ukraine’s interim Prime Minister has said the country’s security forces are to blame for the deaths of over 40 people in Odessa – the vast majority pro-Russian protesters – as they failed to maintain order in the southern city.

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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukrainian-pm-blames-security-forces-for-odessa-deaths-as-kievs-troops-surround-slovyansk-9321796.html

Why the rich stay rich: they don’t invest like the rest

When many of us have a little cash to invest, we might buy a mutual fund or a stock — if we don’t blow it on the latest tech gadget. Not the truly wealthy, however. They often put their money in property, art, businesses and other investments that the rest of us can only dream of owning. How this rarified group uses their cash differentiates them from the rest of us — and keeps them in the black.

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http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20140501-how-the-rich-stay-rich

Africa: First UN Report On Antibiotic Resistance Reveals ‘Serious Threat’ to Global Public

Antibiotic resistance – when bacteria change so antibiotics no longer work in people who need them to treat infections – is now a major threat to public health, says a new United Nations report released today.

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http://allafrica.com/view/group/main/main/id/00030281.html?aa_source=ri-headline

Journey into unseen Burma: Peter Popham and photographer Chris Steele-Perkins are among first foreign visitors to Chin State for 50 years

A century ago, the people of Chin State, in the Burmese mountains, were fearsome hunters, known to decorate their huts with the heads of their enemies. Then, Baptist missionaries turned them into Christians – and they’ve lived, ever since, in towns straight out of the US frontier, marooned in a largely Buddhist land.

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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/journey-into-unseen-burma-peter-popham-and-photographer-chris-steeleperkins-are-among-first-foreign-visitors-to-chin-state-for-50-years-9314058.html

UN set to lift Ivory Coast diamond ban

The UN Security Council is set to vote on lifting an embargo on diamond exports from the Ivory Coast. The ban was put in place a decade ago when gems were traded for arms – funding a violent rebellion that divided the country. Al Jazeera’s Nicolas Haque reports from a diamond mine in Segala – a former rebel held area.

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http://headlinesafrica.com/index.php/watch-news?video_id=ewTvIhkMLEc