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Political Prisoners Among 6,000 Freed in Myanmar

Nineteen political prisoners, including allies of pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi and five Buddhist monks, have been freed in military-ruled Myanmar as part...
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South African Prisoners Embrace Yoga

A new program of yoga lessons is helping prisoners at Gruoenpunt Maximum Security prison in South Africa to discover ways to stay calm...
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Caring Makes Us Human — Even the Prisoners

"After more than two decades in prison, I know that kindness is not a value that's encouraged. It's often seen as weakness." But, when...

Hamas Releases Prisoners as Goodwill Gesture

Hamas security forces in Gaza released 35 members of the rival Fatah movement from prison on Sunday as a goodwill gesture to mark the...

Child’s Birth Inspires King to Pardon 9,000 Prisoners

"King Mohammed VI pardoned nearly 9,000 prisoners to celebrate the birth of his baby girl, the Justice Ministry said." (AP reports) ...fascinating!
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Prisoners Rehabilitate Death-Row Dogs

Having dogs in prison helps reduce violence among inmates. It's like therapy for the men, especially when they're given the job of training homeless...
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Maximum-Security Prisoners Knit for Needy Children

In New York's maximum-security prison in Auburn, inmates from the prison chapter of Vietnam Veterans of America spent their free time making Christmas gifts...

Good News in History, March 24

25 years ago today, The Matrix premiered in the U.S. It was a massive success at the box office, grossing over $460 million on a...

Good News in History, March 15

52 years ago today, The Godfather premiered in the United States. Based on a novel of the same name by American Mario Puzo, Paramount acquired...

Good News in History, March 5

50 years ago today, a very special performance was held at Berkeley University to witness the singing of the Hymn to Nikkal. It had...

Good News in History, March 4

1,172 years ago today, a Duke named Trpimir I wrote in a charter in the Latin language that he was Duke of the Croats...

Good News in History, February 11

2,684 years ago today is the traditional date for the foundation of the earliest centralized state on the islands of Japan. Descendant of the...

Good News in History, January 30

104 years ago today, Mazda was incorporated as "Toyo Cork Kogyo Co. Ltd." a cork-making factory, by Jujiro Matsuda. 11 years later, it started...

Good News in History, January 25

139 years ago today, one of the most influential modern poets in Japanese history, pen name Hakushu Kitahara, was born. The man published over...

Getting On the Dance Floor Will Shred Pounds in Overweight People, Improve Blood Pressure and Mental Health

Boogying the night away produces meaningful improvements in one’s body mass and waist circumference in people who are overweight or obese, a new study...

2024 New Year’s Horoscope: A ‘Free Will Astrology’ From Rob Brezsny

Our partner Rob Brezsny, who has a new book out, Astrology Is Real: Revelations from My Life as an Oracle, provides his weekly wisdom to...

Good News in History, December 28

50 years ago today, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn published The Gulag Archipelago, a literary investigation of the prison-labor camp system in the Soviet Union between 1918...

The Breathtaking Moment Enemy Soldiers Who Saved Each Other Reunite By Chance in Waiting Room 20 yrs Later

There's nothing like a good story of destiny, and in a time when three continents are engulfed in war, CBC News brings a story...

Good News in History, December 19

162 years ago today, Italo Svevo, a pioneer of Italian literature, was born in Trieste. Considered alongside James Joyce as a father of the...

Good News in History, November 11

202 years ago today, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky was born in Moscow. Numerous literary critics consider him the greatest novelist in all world history. Most...