Brazil Nuts Transforming Poor Villages, Forest Preservation

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Sunday, 28 January 2007
brazil nut"Help is at hand for the Amazon rainforest and Brazil's poverty-stricken rural people - courtesy of the country's famous native nut. Small communities are using the Brazil nut to generate income from the rainforest without destroying it. Co-ops are forming and providing the promise of not only more production but better living conditions for rural workers." (BBC) Thanks to new GNN member, MJ Allen, for submitting link!
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New AIDS Drug 'Incredibly Encouraging'

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Saturday, 03 March 2007
"Very exciting. A road to hope. An important milestone in HIV treatment history... That's what AIDS researchers are saying about Isentress, the first of a new class of HIV drugs." (WebMD)
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Lack of Short-Term Memory Doesn't Stop New Grad

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Saturday, 26 May 2007
College freshman Andrew Engel was diagnosed in 1995 with a malignant brain tumor, and after treatment was left without any short term memory. His doctors told him to forget about college, yet he never gave up. He made medical history in an experiment that taught how to store memory by reading things four or five times. Now, after studying at the University of Maryland in Baltimore for 12 hours a day, 7 days a week, never missing a class, Andrew is graduating with a 4.0 average. (Listen to NPR interview)
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New Fuel Standards for Beijing in Drive for Cleaner Olympics

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Wednesday, 02 January 2008
Beijing introduced new vehicle fuel standards on Tuesday for gasoline and diesel, in another bid to ensure the "green Olympics"  China envisioned. Also this week, the city registered its 246th "blue sky day" on Monday, beating by one its goal for the year, to reduce the familiar smoggy haze in time remains a key concern for next year's Olympic Games.

 

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One Man Has Sent 100,000 Students to College

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Wednesday, 25 October 2006
In a Northern California town, one man, made it possible for anyone who wanted to go to junior college to do so. He created a scholorship fund 60 years ago and to date has sent 100,000 young people to college. This year a check for $5 million financed the education of 5,500 students, some whose grandparents received the same grant, thanks to Frank Doyle. (Morning Edition - audio only) 
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