Iraq's national football team, riding a wave of global sentiment, upset three-time winner Saudi Arabia to win the Asian Cup final this week. The team features players from all three of Iraq's main communities, and so provided a rare moment for celebration and unity throughout the strife-filled country. (Great highlights from Reuters video)
A CNN news anchor briefly joining the resistance movement against celebrity-centered gossip-portrayed-as-news by asking publicly for a Lindsey Lohan story to be jettisoned from his teleprompter script. (12 seconds of conscience) Read about the Paris Hilton protest here.
"Jude Law traveled and filmed in treacherous areas of eastern Afghanistan" to help promote the annual worldwide United Nations Peace Day, celebrated on September 21. His interviews with children, governors and community leaders will be compiled in a film to mark the day. “I think the message of peace is for everyone,” Mr. Law said at a press conference in Kabul, where he was joined by the founder of the “Peace One Day” project, filmmaker Jeremy Gilley...
Lynn J. wants you to know that animal lover and actress Doris Day, who has often adopted abandoned dogs and cats and brought them to UC Davis for treatment, has given $75,000 to a scholarship fund for veterinary students. She called the story wonderful.
New York City hip-hop artists N7 were riding the Paris subway when they broke into song -- an incredible a capella rendition of Phil Collins' In the Air Tonight. They treated the commuters to seven-part harmony -- beatbox style -- and though some were annoyed at first, the beautiful rhythm and vocals warmed their hearts, eliciting applause at the finish. N7's music is solely created by voices, no instruments whatsoever. (2006) More free Naturally 7 videos