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1. The Persian Gulf States should open their doors to Syrian refugees.
By Sultan Sooud al-Qassemi in the International Business Times
2. Stop feeling bad about gentrification. It’s not helping.
By Kalima Rose in the Guardian
3. Why Kazakhstan is building a uranium bank.
By the Economist
4. Find out how doctors closed the racial gap in kidney transplants.
By Dina Fine Maron in Scientific American
5. Small countries are becoming a bigger deal in American diplomacy.
By Kadira Pethiyagoda in the Diplomat
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