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Historic Healing for Native Americans and Whites Near Wounded Knee
(Custer, South Dakota) While some South Dakota whites will always be bitter about the modern Wounded Knee standoff three decades ago, a Native American...
Ice Cream for Darfur
Who would have thought that by eating ice cream you could help change the world? But today you can.
Taggarts Ice Cream Parlor, a local...
Homemade Robot Reacts to Bad News
"One student, for example, made a robot that sits on the side of the road and, when it sees a car going too fast,...
Successful Gang Outreach Program Expands into Three Cities
The CeaseFire program, a Chicago-based violence prevention group has received a $1.7 million grant to expand onto the streets of Baltimore, Cincinnati and Newark,...
Water Hope for Darfur
Boston University researchers have discovered a massive underground lake in the arid Darfur region of Sudan. By digging 1000 wells they hope to quell...
Actor Jude Law in Afghanistan Promoting UN Peace Day
"Jude Law traveled and filmed in treacherous areas of eastern Afghanistan" to help promote the annual worldwide United Nations Peace Day, celebrated on September...
Colombia to Destroy Almost 14,000 Firearms Today
Nearly 14,000 firearms will be melted down today in Colombia in a ceremonial action highlighting the danger of illegal arms proliferation and to mark...
Is The Media Really Biased?
A lot has been written about an apparent media bias -- a Liberal bias because so many reporters donate to "Liberal causes", a Conservative...
Bald Eagle Soars Off Endangered List: 11,000 Pairs From Only 417
In one of the world's greatest conservation success stories, bald eagle populations have climbed from a dismal count of just 417 nesting pairs in...
Filipino Pineapple Peace Plan to Employ Poor Muslim Insurgents
"The Philippine army plans to transform the insurgency-wracked island of Jolo into the country’s second-largest pineapple-producing region in an effort to end decades of...
The VA Tech Shootings and the Need for Good News
EDITOR'S BLOG — What is one to say after the worst school shooting in history? And on the very same day, the worst bombings...
Turn Off the Bad News (Opinion)
If you surf the Internet today and go to any of the news sites, you will find story after story promoting bad news. Bird...
King Abdullah’s Challenge to Congress: Act Now on Mid-East Peace
By any reasonable measure, King Abdullah's speech before a joint session of the U.S. Congress was smart and courageous. He took advantage of being...
Templeton Prize Goes to Philosopher Who Says Barriers Between Science and Spirituality Fragment Us
Professor Charles Taylor, a Canadian philosopher who for nearly half a century has argued that problems such as violence and bigotry can only be...
Ivory Coast: New Peace Agreement
(IRIN) - President Laurent Gbagbo and New Forces rebel leader Guillaume Soro have signed a peace agreement for Côte d'Ivoire aimed at ending a...
Five Ways the United Nations is Saving People and the Planet
In 1997, the owner of Cable News Network, Ted Turner, shocked the world when he handed over a billion dollars to the United Nations....
Colombian Peace Groups Nominated for Nobel Prize
Two Colombian groups were nominated in February for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for their extraordinary commitment to nonviolence in the midst of the...
The Muslims I Know …
I am concerned. When I turn on my television and see Muslims, I feel scared. I see acts of violence. I hear rants of...
Female Mutilation Declining in Africa
DAKAR - About 150 communities in Guinea collectively abandoned the practice of female genital cutting - a landmark declaration in a country where more...
Top Ten Stories of 2006: 8) Wars On the Wane Worldwide
8) Wars On the Wane Worldwide as Reconciliation Unites Divisions • The world has become dramatically more peaceful since 1992, according to...