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Olympians Donate Sportswear to Inspire Refugees

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Posted by geri   
Wednesday, 06 August 2008
olympian-smile.jpgA new UN campaign is giving Olympians a chance to be winners in the eyes of refugees. The “Giving is Winning” program, which seeks to encourage athletes to donate their surplus sportswear to refugees in Asia, was launched last week at the Olympic Village in Beijing.

(Photo by Elan Sun Star)
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Arizona Helps Prisoners Get Ready for Real Life

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Tuesday, 05 August 2008
rr_track_sunspot.jpgThe head of Arizona corrections says violence inside state prisons has sharply decreased, and released inmates are less likely to return to prison. It’s the result of a new public policy innovation that begins preparing prisoners for reentry to society from their first day in prison. Arizona’s “Getting Ready” program is garnering nationwide attention for upending every expectation for prisoners. From Day One, inmates are treated like adults, lowering the chance they will return. (Christian Science Monitor )
 

China to Continue Anti-Pollution Campaigns After Olympics

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Posted by geri   
Monday, 04 August 2008
"China's quest to clear up notoriously polluted skies in time for opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games this week has been marked by gargantuan effort," reported  the A.P. And, with blue skies overhead, an environmental official said on Sunday that China is likely to continue monitoring ozone and pollution next year as part of efforts to keep anti-pollution campaigns in force after the Olympics.
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Japanese Town Blazes Trail in Clean Energy

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Posted by geri   
Saturday, 02 August 2008
windmill-santorini.jpgIn the mountains of northern Japan, wind, sun and even cow dung are being turned into electricity as part of efforts to turn a whole town into an experiment in renewable energy use. The town is a sprawling laboratory for the whole of the archipelago, which has almost no fossil fuels of its own and is seeking to diversify its energy sources to reduce dependence on Middle Eastern oil.
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US Lawmakers Offer First Formal Slavery Apology

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Posted by geri   
Friday, 01 August 2008
U.S. lawmakers Tuesday offered the federal government's first formal apology for the "fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity" of slavery and the legal segregation of African-Americans.

The resolution, passed in the House of Representatives by voice vote, " apologizes to African-Americans on behalf of the people of the United States, for the wrongs committed against them and their ancestors who suffered under slavery" formal segregation laws known as "Jim Crow."

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