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Fish Stocks Highest in 50 Years Since Creek Restoration
The restoration of Nile Creek from a river that was devoid of fish into a salmon and cutthroat trout-bearing stream rich in life prompted...
Macs Join the Maasai Tribe
Retired tech executive Patrick O'Sullivan, moved by the plight of a Maasai tribe that needed three years to complete a school for their children,...
Landmark Voting in DR Congo
People in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been voting in one of Africa's most significant elections for many years. Congolese hope the...
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...
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...
Jumbo Jet is Eye Hospital for World’s Poor
28 million people in the world are blind, yet their blindness could have been prevented, or their eyesight restored, if only they’d had access...
U.S. Mayors Embrace Kyoto Protocol
In the fight against global warming, 320 mayors of U.S. cities have boldly gone where the U.S. government would not — into the...
Bush Signs Bill to Leave No Pet Behind in Evacuations
A recent poll found that 61 percent of pet owners say that in an emergency they would refuse to evacuate their home if they...
De Beers to Help Reduce Poverty for Diamond Miners
Last Friday at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York, Jonathan Oppenheimer, Director of De Beers, and Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete announced a $2...
Hospitals Serving Organic Food Bask in Success
Hospitals, including some run by Kaiser Permanente, are serving all-natural, all-organic foods in their cafeterias to satisfy not only their mission to promote health...
Bad News is Making Us Sick
Gabriel Miller writes a story in The London Paper pointing to health experts who say the prevalence of apocalyptic stories in the news creates...
China, India Once Food Aid Recipients, Now Food Donors
In the same year it stopped receiving global food aid, China emerged as the world's third largest food donor. According to a report by...
Clean Up the World Weekend Mobilizes Millions
Some 35 million volunteers from 122 countries are expected take part this weekend in rubbish-clearing efforts along coastlines and waterways across the globe as...
Donors pledge Palestinians $500 Million
International donors meeting in Sweden have promised $500 million in aid for the Palestinian territories. A total of $114m would be spent on humanitarian...
Inspiration Point: Coping With Disappointment
Unity Minister Eric Butterworth inspired thousands with his belief that positive attitudes create personal renewal. A theologian, lecturer, and author of 16 books, his...
Six-Year-Old Rescues Mom in Calm 911 Call
This is not so much a story about a hero, although the family is indebted to the six- year-old for hailing an ambulance when...
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...
Greenhouse Pollution Drops in China, India Thanks to Low-Tech Fixes
A UN pilot energy-efficiency project in the developing world's three leading economies, Brazil, China, and India, helped owners of local mills, factories, and office...
Toyota’s Vision Includes Hybrid That Runs on Batteries
The president of Toyota North America, Jim Press, announced his company's plans to develop a hybrid vehicle that will run on batteries charged by...
UNICEF Launches $150M Recovery Plan Restoring Schools, Clinics Lost in Pakistan Quake
UNICEF will construct 500 permanent schools and some 70 permanent rural health centres in northern Pakistan, the UN Children's Fund said on Wednesday, where...