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George Clooney Named UN’s Messenger of Peace
Hollywood heart-throb George Clooney has been apointed a United Nations. Messenger of Peace by the Organization's chief, Ban Ki-moon who recognized the actor as...
Top Ten Good News Stories of 2007!
Looking back and choosing the top good news stories of the year was a happy exercise and I've concluded that 2007 was a good...
Homeless World Cup Film to Premiere at Sundance
KICKING IT is an intimate film that chronicles the lives of seven homeless athletes who achieve goals on the football field while overcoming poverty...
6 Things You Can Do Today To Launch Your Dream (Part Two)
Stephanie Ngo Pham came to the United States in 1979 as a Vietnam War refugee, arriving at New York’s JFK Airport cradling her three-month-old...
Gorillas Snatched Illegally Finally Returned to Wild
Four rare gorillas caught up in a five-year international tug-of-war are expected to finally be flown back to the wilds of Cameroon, their home,...
Massive New Rainforest Reserve Opens to Protect Congo Apes
A new nature reserve in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will become the world's largest continuous protected area for great apes, particularly the...
Wildlife Makes Dramatic Return to Sudan
7,000 elephants, 1,500 giraffes, and 500 oryx antelopes have returned to Sudan after a 22-year civil war had driven them out. One wildlife official...
Korean Leaders Declare Commitment to Peace
Almost a year after North Korea tested an atomic weapon, the nation's leader pledged to permanently shut-down nuclear operations by year's end and pursue...
North and South Korean Leaders Move Closer to Peace (Video)
Old Cold War foes, North and South Korea met face to face in only the second time the divided countries have held such a...
Readers Head Down Kerouac’s ‘On the Road’ Again as the Book Turns 50
"Fifty years ago this week, a generation of Americans went "On the Road" and discovered Jack Kerouac's picaresque narrative of his mad travels across...
Angelina Jolie Spotlights Plight of Iraqi Refugees as Goodwill Ambassador (Video/text)
Actress and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie is visiting Iraq and Syria to raise awareness of the plight...
UN Congratulates Sierra Leone on Peaceful Elections
The United Nations yesterday congratulated the people of Sierra Leone on the peaceful conduct of their presidential and parliamentary elections -- the first held...
Young Scholars Tell the President “No” on Torture
141 Presidential Scholars were being honored recently at the White House. After the president told them that it was important in their future careers...
Huge Wildlife Migration Discovered in Africa
"More than a million animals, including elephants, buffaloes, ostriches, lions, giraffes and a rare type of stork, have been unexpectedly seen living and migrating...
Our Thoughts Become Our Reality
There are two camps developing throughout the world. One dwells upon how bad everything is: we are all in trouble; the economy is crashing;...
Visiting Battlefields and WWII Memorial Brings Closure to Elderly Vets
The Greatest Generations Foundation, established in 2004, has so far helped more than 100 World War II veterans return to Europe to battle sites...
First Time in 50 Years, Peace Train Crosses Korea
For the first time in more than half a century, trains crossed from South to North Korea on Thursday through a sunny opening in...
N. Korea’s Return of U.S. Soldiers’ Remains Encouraging
In an encouraging sign for relations between the two countries, North Korea has handed over the remains of six U.S. servicemen killed in the...
Mauritania a Breath of Fresh Air in Arab World
Mauritania is a breath of fresh air in the Arab world. As the second round of presidential elections concludes, the country is set to...
School Enrollment Rates Double in Southern Sudan
The number of students enrolled in school in southern Sudan has more than doubled since the end of the long-running civil war two years...