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First Academy Award Winning Film Released Under A Creative Commons License (Video)
The 1997 Academy Award®-winning documentary, "A Story of Healing," has been re-released this week under a Creative Commons License, the first time in history...
KENYA: Slum-Dwellers to Benefit from UN Housing Fund
Millions of people living in urban slums throughout the world are set to benefit from the pro-poor housing fund set up by UN-Habitat and...
Malaysian Saves 100 from Sinkhole
"A Malaysian man paying a late-night visit to the toilet has saved about 100 people from being buried in the rubble of their homes,...
$500 Million Pledge to Reverse Childhood Obesity in U.S.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation today announced it will commit at least $500 million over the next five years to tackle childhood obesity. The...
Instead of Hauling Water Up Mountain, New Faucets for Tajiks
For decades, residents of Kuldara, a village nestled in the remote mountainous region of Khovaling, Tajikistan, hauled water on their shoulders from the bottom...
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....
Nations Reach Tentative Deal on North Korea Weapons
"Negotiators from six countries reached a tentative agreement about initial steps for North Korea's nuclear disarmament, the first concrete steps achieved in nearly three...
Ex-rebel Becomes Aceh Governor
"A former separatist rebel has been sworn in as the first directly elected governor of Indonesia's Aceh province," reports the BBC. He won last...
Three Million Muslims Pray for Peace
In Bangladesh, some 3 million Muslims "raised their hands in prayer for global peace at one of the world's largest religious gatherings." (AP Reports...
Whey Remedy Saves Hemlock from Devastating Pest
A beautiful Eastern Hemlock tree in my backyard died years ago, infested with an invasive species of aphid that has devastated trees throughout the...
Former Terrorists Take Seats in New Nepal Legislature
Observers hailed the inclusion of "Maoist rebels, once branded terrorists, into the country's interim parliament and the declaration of January 16 as a public...
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...
Top Ten Good News of 2006!
With casualties in Iraq reaching record numbers, the war in Lebanon punctuating the continuing crises in the Middle East and the ongoing slaughter in...
Tough New Law Protects Indian Women From Domestic Violence
A landmark new law seeking to protect women from domestic violence has come into effect in India. The law also bans harassment by way...
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...
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...
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...
Stunning Finds of Fish and Coral
Scientists have discovered hugely diverse fish and coral populations thriving off Indonesia's Papua coastlines including dozens of new species like the "walking" shark that...
Five Former Soviet Republics Swear Off Nuclear Weapons
Last week, five former Soviet republics committed themselves to never acquiring, manufacturing, possessing, or testing nuclear weapons by signing a treaty to create a...
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...