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Burundi Rebels Agree to Truce Plan
Burundi's government and the country's last active rebel group have signed a ceasefire that has committed the sides to engage in serious discussions aimed...
Bolivia Launches Major New Deal Poverty Program
The new government of Bolivia has announced a sweeping plan to reduce poverty and create employment. Bolivia, the poorest country in South America, will...
Chinese Bike Lanes Making a Comeback
Yesterday, China's construction ministry declared that bike lanes which have been sacrificed in the name of road and highway expansion must be restored...
Soccer Team Helps Bring Peace to Ivory Coast
The first-ever World Cup match for the Ivory Coast was played by a team made up of players of various ethnic backgrounds from both...
Christianity Today Stands Behind Wiccan Widow
This article appeared in June 5 issue of Christianity Today Stand Up, Stand Up for Wicca A war widow rightly wonders: Whose freedom...
Congress Proposes Farm Animals Receive Humane Treatment
Reps. Christopher Shays (R-Conn.) and Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) made history for farm animals June 8 by introducing landmark legislation that would greatly improve...
Holland Cruise Ship Rescues Migrants
The United Nations is praising the rescue of 22 migrants, including at least one asylum seeker, whose vessel had sunk in the Aegean Sea,...
Bahrain Appoints its First Woman Judge
Women are making inroads in the government of Bahrain, a tiny Persian Gulf country that first gave women the right to vote and stand...
India’s Defense Diplomacy: Guidelines for Wise Foreign Policy
OPINION India's defense minister is engaged in an ongoing "Defence Diplomacy" that has been evoking quite the encouraging response from the world community. Such...
Ditch the Tie To Cut Air-Conditioning, Urges Japan
An innovative campaign by the Japanese government to encourage the nation to use less air-conditioning is called the "Cool Biz" casual clothing campaign. Politicians...
760,000 people in 118 countries Walk to Eradicate Hunger
Last Sunday, more than 760,000 people took to the streets of more than 100 countries to walk five kilometres in support of Fight Hunger:...
CA Ruling in Favor of Bloggers as Journalists
"The good news keeps on coming for blogger legal rights. Friday, a California Appeals Court ruled that Apple could not compel several bloggers and...
First Test of Tsunami Warning System a Success
Close to 30 countries in the Pacific Ocean participated in the first region-wide test of a tsunami early warning system this week. The drill...
Good News on PBS: US Cities Improving
A new PBS series shows us how to fix our cities... make them greener, cleaner, more livable, less wasteful. It will showcase extraordinary...
UK Paper Donates Revenue from Bono/AIDS Edition to Africa Fight
Half of all revenues from yesterday's issue of the UK paper, the Independent, will go towards the fight against AIDS in Africa.
The May 16...
Grassroots Internet Campaign Pressures Indonesia to Save Orangutan Rainforest
Under intense international pressure, the Indonesian government has virtually abandoned plans to convert large areas of ancient rainforest in the "Heart of Borneo" that...
Dramatic Downward Trend in Rapes
The Justice Department’s latest annual National Crime Victimization Survey of the United States estimates that rapes and attempted rapes fell more than 80 percent...
Rape Victim Awakens Pakistani Village Womens’ Rights
Mukhtar Mai is a shy Pakistani woman with such extraordinary courage that she was named Glamour's Woman of the Year, one of Asia's Heros...
Palestinian Business Leaders Call for Unity, Peace
Financial Times reports on the Palestinian business leaders who are speaking up now in favor of a peace plan with Israel. Whether it is...
Schools Take Action on Overweight Kids
In response to a steep rise in obesity among children, some public schools are taking action. It shocked me to learn that only 6...