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Ten Signs of Peace on Earth: The Children’s Culture Connection
The good news that is the common thread running through children in war-torn Iraq or poverty-laden India, is that they all still have hope....
Waste Coffee Grounds offer new source of biodiesel fuel
Researchers in Nevada are reporting that waste coffee grounds can provide a cheap, abundant, and environmentally friendly source of biodiesel fuel for powering...
Giving Injured Vets A Lift (Video)
Veterans Airlift Command is an organization that offers free flights to injured soldiers and their families, thanks to pilots volunteering their services, planes, and...
Bloggers Create Fundraising Tool For Runners to Help Rebuild School In Darfur
Bloggers are combining physical fitness with the desire to help others in a new internet tool called Train for Humanity. Their initial pilot project...
Britain Releases UFO files, Dispels Some Mysteries
The close encounter between an Italian airline pilot and a flying object is one of many reported UFO sightings among 19 files that Britain's...
Mexico Combats Police Corruption with Mortgages
What are the benefits of sub-prime mortgages on the culture of bribery south of the border? Give the Mexican police force access to home...
Mexico Combats Police Corruption with Mortgages
What are the benefits of sub-prime mortgages on the culture of bribery south of the border? Give the Mexican police force access to home...
Navy Ship Arrives in Texas for Hurricane Cleanup
Navy sailors on the Norfolk-based amphibious assault ship Nassau answered the call of aid for Galveston shorelines, devastated by Hurricane Ike, arriving on the...
US Makes Progress in Finding Homes for Homeless People
On July 30 the US Department of Housing and Urban Development reported the number of chronically homeless people living in shelters and on the...
Corporations Making a Positive Difference
Ford, Coca Cola, and Bayer, among other companies, actively demonstrate they care about people and the planet. Here are some examples of how corporations...
Senegalese Fishermen Save Dozens of Stranded Whales
Local fishermen struggled through the night to return dozens of stranded pilot whales back to the sea on Wednesday after the animals mysteriously beached...
UN to Help Maasai People From Kenya Preserve Their Heritage
Two people from the Maasai community of Laikipia in Kenya are to be given training in documenting and archiving their cultural heritage through a...
Drug Rehab Project Gets Encouraging Results
In Ho Chi Minh City an pilot project investment of $105 million in rehabilitation and vocational courses for drug addicts has paid off with...
50 Secrets of the Longest Living People with Diabetes
An associate professor of exercise science at Virginia's Old Dominion University shares the stories of some 55 people who've managed healthy lives through type...
India Starts Putting Street Children in Schools
"Thanks to India's biggest effort yet to educate every last child, 30 homeless children in a pilot project are given housing and "bridging"...
Firefighter Heroics Saved 4 from Calif. Blazes
A dramatic air, ground rescue came with seconds to spare saving 4 firefighters and a boy thanks to a helicopter pilot hero. (AP)
Scottish Schools Begin Free Meals Plan
"Primary pupils will receive free school meals as part of a six-month pilot project in Scotland that will improve the diets for all children...
Ease Bullying at School with Computer Role-Play Game
"Researchers have developed an interactive role-play game which helps children to cope with bullying at schools. Currently over 1,000 children all over Europe are...
Dell First Major Computer Firm to go Carbon Neutral
Continuing its program of environmental stewardship, Dell became the first major computer manufacturer to commit to neutralizing the carbon impact of its worldwide operations....
Millions of Books Going to Burkina Faso Children
The Burkina Faso government will distribute millions of free books to primary school students and launch a pilot project to eliminate fees for schooling...