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Happy Ending for British Child Migrant Returned Home After WWII Expulsion
The terrific cost of World War II, both human and financial, forced England to consider sending away thousands of its children to live in...
Adidas Auctions FIFA Paintings for Mandela Charity
Some of the biggest names in football have come together to sign portraits of themselves painted by local African artists to raise money for...
Good Luck Video From Troops in Afghanistan Inspire UK World Cup Team
Goodwill messages from the men and women of the UK Armed Forces serving in Afghanistan were delivered to the England World Cup Squad in...
Motivating Club Gets Kids Running Track Before School
Since October, about a 1,000 North Carolina students have been running laps before school. The Mighty Milers is part of a New...
Room to Read Builds Its 10,000th Library
Three weeks ago in Nepal, 1,000 villagers gathered to mark a momentous day in the history of Room To Read, a charity that builds...
Ukraine Agrees to Give Up its Nuclear Stockpile, China to Sanction Iran
President Obama brought together leaders from 46 other nations yesterday with one goal in mind -- keeping nuclear material out of the hands of...
UN Calls Non-binding Climate Change Deal an ‘Essential Beginning’
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the deal on climate change reached by world leaders at a United Nations summit in Copenhagen, calling it an...
Gold Coins Drop Anonymously into Red Kettles Across America
With gold prices more than $1,100 an ounce, it’s "like visions of sugar plums" when gold coins are discovered by the ringing bell Santas...
Award Winners Changing the World Through Tech
The Tech Awards is an international program honoring innovators from around the world who are applying technology to benefit humanity. This year's winners received...
Sesame Street’s HIV-Positive Muppet Raises Awareness
As the children's show Sesame Street celebrates its 40th anniversary this month, one cute and cuddly Muppet on its South African edition helps combat...
Charter Puts a New Face on the Golden Rule
At the Vancouver Peace Summit in September, some of the world’s most well-known peace-makers, including Nobel Prize winners, devised a new Charter of Compassion...
$1 Million to Four Changemakers From Coca Cola
A winner and three finalists from the Changemakers/Global Water Challenge are sharing a $1 million gift from the Coca Cola Foundation to bring clean...
Kenya to Plant 7.6 Billion Trees to Counter Deforestation
Kenya said on Wednesday it would plant 7.6 billion trees over the next 20 years to redress decades of chopping down forest cover, the...
Obama Names Medal of Freedom Winners: Kennedy, Poitier, Hawking, 13 Others
President Obama on Thursday named the 16 recipients of the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom. America’s highest civilian honor, the Medal of Freedom is...
Make An Imprint on Mandela Day Saturday (Celebrity Video)
South Africa's anti-apartheid hero, Nelson Mandela, spent 67 years making the world a better place, starting with nothing more than a prison uniform and...
Michael Jackson Video of Hope and Change: Man in the Mirror
Michael Jackson died yesterday but his musical legacy is alive and well, like this music video featuring his 1988 hit, "Man in...
All Five Miraculously Escape as Plane Crashes into Pick-up Truck
All five people miraculously survived after a plane plowed head-on into a pick-up truck in a freak accident in South Africa.
The light aircraft had...
Vast Reserve to Protect Prince Edward Islands and its Penguins
South Africa’s declaration to establish one of the world’s largest Marine Protected Area’s around its Prince Edward Islands, is a marine conservation achievement of...
G-20 Backs $1Trillion Boost For Struggling Nations
President Obama emerged from the global summit of G20 leaders with an agreement to provide funding for $1 trillion in additional loans and...
Matt Damon Visits Refugees Fleeing From Zimbabwe (Video)
Actor Matt Damon visited refugee centres in Musina on the South African border with Zimbabwe as part of his work with the human rights...