Roundup of school meals and other national brief items
A roundup covers healthier school lunch options as new USDA rules push for more fruits vegetables whole grains and limits on calories fat and sodium. It also notes Sgt Bowe Bergdahl’s desk assignment and pending desertion probe, a gas tainted groundwater evacuation near Skippack Pennsylvania, and the Moccasin Hill wildfire in Oregon with dozens more blazes after lightning.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Washington
Bowe Bergdahl
Idaho
Army
Bergdahl
U.S. Army North
Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Skippack
Philadelphia
Haydn Marriott
Portland
Ore
Oregon
Moccasin Hill
Sprague River
Klamath Falls
Erica Hupp
Tina O’donnell
Malala Urges Release of Nigerian Schoolgirls on Birthday
Malala Yousafzai marked her 17th birthday in Abuja by imploring Boko Haram to free the 219 kidnapped schoolgirls. She appealed to captors to lay down weapons and release her sisters, while meeting with Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan and some parents.
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Abuja
Nigeria
Malala Yousafzai
Boko Haram
Chibok
Malala
Sambisa Forest
Maiduguri
Biu
Government
Egypt proposes cease fire plan in Gaza conflict
Egypt presented a three step cease fire plan to end a week of fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. The plan calls for an immediate 12 hour cease fire followed by border reopenings and Cairo talks within two days. Hamas confirms diplomatic movement while Israel prepares a Security Cabinet vote.
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Jerusalem
Egypt
Israel
Hamas
Gaza Strip
Gaza
Cairo
U.S
John Kerry
Foreign Ministry
Associated Press
Eilat
Sinai Peninsula
West Bank
Sameh Shukri
Palestine
Al-Jazeera
Ismail Haniyeh
Benjamin Netanyahu
Naftali Bennett
Mohammed Morsi
Muslim Brotherhood
Rafah
Afghan candidate hails vote deal amid Iraqi contrast
Former Finance Minister Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai lauds a U S brokered deal for a full ballot audit in Afghanistan and says both he and rival Abdul lah Abdullah will form a unity government with broad participation. He rejects Iraq’s Maliki outcome and emphasizes inclusiveness. The two leaders will meet at Ghani’s home to outline the framework under Kerry mediated talks.
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Kabul
Afghanistan
Iraq
Associated Press
Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai
Ahmadzai
Abdullah Abdullah
Nouri al-Maliki
U.S
Abdullah
John Kerry
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Abbas Gava
Goodluck Jonathan
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