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Wars are on the Wane Worldwide

The world has become dramatically more peaceful since 1992, according to the Human Security Report. The number of wars, coup d'etats, and acts of...
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When Doctors Say Your Child Will be ‘a Vegetable’

Dick and Rick Hoyt are a father-and-son team competing in nearly continuous marathon races. And if they’re not in a marathon they're competing in...
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Banker to the Poor Wins Nobel Prize, Reinvests Winnings

Bangladeshi Banker to the Poor, Muhammad Yunus, and his Grameen Bank are winners of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to help...

New Hope for an ‘Untreatable’ Mental Illness

For the first time, a major study has shown that a high percentage of patients with Borderline Personality Disorder can achieve full recovery and...

Man Wins Nobel Prize Like His Father

Roger Kornberg, a biochemist at Stanford University, won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for work with DNA and genes... just like his father before...
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El Niño Tames Hurricane Season, Brings Early End

Hurricane forecasters who predicted another record-breaking year for tropical storms were wildly off the mark as the season is winding down with only one...

Iran and US: Similar Presidents with Common Self-Interest

American Journalist David Ignatius sat down with the presidents of both Iran and the United States last week and found similarity both in the...

Free Yale Courses Offered on Web Videos

Yale University said last week it will offer digital videos of some courses on the Internet for free, along with transcripts in several...
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Inspiration Point: Stop Thinking You’re Too Old

How often have you heard people under the age of 60 complain they can't do something or change their habits because they're too old?...
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Just-a-Minute Can Transform Your Life

A new campaign to create personal peace in an ever-intensifying global climate of chaos and change is being launched this Sunday at London's Wembley...

The Top Ten Green Buildings for 2006

This summer, the American Institute of Architects and its Committee on the Environment selected the top ten examples of sustainable architecture and green design...
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Retirees Win 100K for Creating Lasting Change

The Purpose Prize honors "what may be a new trend -- retirees taking on some of the country's biggest social problems." The five winners of...
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Good News: GNN’s Tenth Year Anniversary!

EDITOR'S BLOG - Today the Good News Network enters it's tenth year on the Web. On August 31, 1997 I was amazed that at the push...

New Way for Cancer Cells to Commit Suicide

Healthy cells have a built-in process (to) commit suicide if something is wrong, a process which fails in cancer cells. A University...

College Campuses are Going Green

In the state of Washington, colleges are now competing to see which school can become a better friend to the environment. By composting...
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Peace Camp Grows Friendship Between Middle Eastern Kids

Hempstead, NY - If you were invited to sit down with your enemy for a cup of tea and discuss your conflicting views, would...
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Saving the World, One Video Game at a Time

Peacemaker is a new video game about the conflict in the Middle East that let's players assume the roles of either the Israeli prime...

Muslims Have Been Integral to Britain Over the Centuries

(CGNews) - The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister is often surprised when he hears people talking as if Britain's encounter with Islam and the Muslim world...
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Chinese Exercises Benefit Older Adults

Tai Chi and Qigong (chee-kung) combine simple, graceful movements and meditation. They are exercises believed to have positive, relaxing effects on a person’s mind,...
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3.8 million Acres of California Ocean Floor Protected

The Nature Conservancy announced this week the purchase of six trawling permits and four trawling vessels from commercial fishermen in Morro Bay as part...