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Highly Endangered Sumatran Rhino Gives Birth, Rare Success in Captivity
A highly endangered Sumatran rhinoceros gave birth to a calf Saturday in western Indonesia, a forestry official said. It is only the fifth known...
Egyptians Vote Freely for a Leader Today, First Time in 29 Years
Egyptians relished their first free leadership vote on Wednesday, with Islamists pitted against secular figures in a contest unthinkable before a popular revolt swept...
Leatherback Sea Turtles Granted Protection Along U.S. West Coast
A major decision to protect feeding hotspots for endangered leatherback sea turtles off the shores of Washington, Oregon and California was finalized last week...
Extraordinary Midwife Named 2011 CNN Hero of the Year
Filipino-American Robin Lim, a midwife based in Indonesia, has won CNN’s coveted Hero of the Year award for 2011.
As founder of the Healthy Mother...
CNN Hero Awards Show Tonight is Unlike Any Other
Who will be named the Top CNN Hero of the Year and receive $100,000 to boost their selfless projects to help others around the...
Egyptians Enthused by First Free Elections in 30 Years
A world away from the chaos, violence and abuses of elections under Hosni Mubarak's rule, Egyptian voters queued in huge, orderly lines on Monday,...
CNN Names Top 10 ‘CNN Heroes’ for 2011
CNN announced its Top 10 CNN Heroes for 2011, while opening online voting that will determine the winner of the $250,000 grand prize. All...
Ex-Terrorist Bomber is Now Comic Book Hero and Friend to Police
Hoping to persuade children not to make the same mistake he made, a reformed al-Qaida-linked terrorist has become a comic book sensation in a...
Camera-Stealing Monkey Makes Beautiful Self-Portraits
Even a monkey can take a prize-winning photo to rival that of the professional. British photographer David Slater had been living among a group...
Rising Forest Density Offsets Climate Change, Says Study
Rising forest density in many countries is helping to offset climate change caused by deforestation from the Amazon basin to Indonesia, a study showed...
KFC to Stop Using Palm Oil – Healthier Food, Less Deforestation
KFC restaurants in the UK and Ireland will stop using palm oil to fry its chicken beginning this month, reaping a "double benefit" by...
General Mills Reverses Palm Oil Policy, Saves Rainforest
U.S. food-maker General Mills is the latest multinational firm to announce it will stop buying palm oil from companies accused of destroying rain forests....
Report: Illegal Log Trade Drops Dramatically
Global efforts to fight the illegal logging trade are paying off, according to a report that found production of illegal timber declining by 22...
Ten Hero Kids Voted Most Huggable, Each Awarded $10,000
Ten youth judged as this year's Huggable Heroes were honored today for their volunteer efforts at making the world a better place -- in...
Push to Save Tigers Leaps Forward at Bali Meeting
Tigers in 13 countries will be safer after a critical meeting this week laid the foundation for world leaders to agree to a historical...
Good News for World Forests: Deforestation Slows in Last Decade
The Earth lost fewer trees in the last decade as global deforestation over the past ten years fell by more than 18 percent,...
The Tupperware Effect: Can Direct Sales Help Women Living in Poverty Throughout the World?
The presence of Tupperware and Avon in poor nations have provided a much-needed chance for women to gain economic independence. While direct sales...
American Muslims Work With Mormans to Help Earthquake-Ravaged Haiti
As churches worldwide mobilize in Haiti’s greatest time of need, a spirit of cooperation is highlighted by Muslims in the US and their ongoing...
Top Ten Good News Stories of 2009
Despite what may be your immediate impression of 2009, overall it was a great year. Looking back, one can be grateful that the economy...
Time Calls it “The Decade From Hell”… NOT!
Time magazine named this "The Decade From Hell". The sensationalist headline ignores all the good things that happened, so we, at the Good News...