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Malawi Farmers Adapt to Climate Change, Become Filmmakers to Teach Others (Video)

A journalist and CNN corporate sales executive quit her job to pursue a Masters thesis that would help Malawi farmers use video to teach...
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Parrot Saves Choking Toddler’s Life

In Denver Colorado, a parrot named Willie saved a toddler from choking on her breakfast, by screeching, "Mama, baby! ... Mama, baby!" when...
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Unsung Hero Rescues Lives at Gaza-Israel Checkpoint

At the end of last month, with fighting between Gaza and Israel already in full swing, Israeli medic Moshe "Moshon" Vaknin drove an ambulance...
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Measles Deaths Dramatically Cut by 74 Percent Worldwide

Measles deaths have plummeted by some 74 percent worldwide since 2000, the United Nations announced yesterday. Thanks to improvements in routine and immunization activities,...
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7 Facts we can all be Thankful for

What can we be thankful for in the midst of doom and gloomy news of the economy? Here are 7 items from the news...
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“Holiday Mail for Heroes” to Deliver One Million Cards to Service Members

Holiday Mail For Heroes invites the public to send holiday cards with their message of thanks and support to service men and women...
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Disco Tune “Stayin’ Alive” Could Save Your Life

CPR can triple survival rates, but research has shown many people do chest compressions too slowly, or are reluctant to do it at all,...
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A ‘Miracle Tree’ That Could Feed Sub-Saharan Africa

The moringa’s leaves and seedpods deliver extraordinary nutrition: Ounce for ounce, a Red Cross official said, moringa leaves contain more beta carotene than carrots,...
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National Day of Encouragement- September 12

A visionary group of teenagers in Arkansas identified the biggest problem facing youth and society today -- the lack of encouragement. The students felt...

Measles Deaths In Africa Plummet by 91 Percent — UN

Deaths from measles in Africa have dropped by 91 per cent -- from an estimated 396,000 to 36,000 -- between 2000 and 2006, thus...

Teaching AIDS Orphans to Farm and Help Themselves

(IRIN) - Twelve-year-old Nhlanhla Matsebula, one of Swaziland’s growing number of children orphaned by AIDS, has good reason to feel proud. He has mastered...
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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...
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New Orleans gets $60 Million Boost from Tiny Arab Nation

New Orleans receives a big boost this week from the small Persian Gulf country of Qatar who is paying-up a large chunk of the...
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Tiny Town in Newfoundland Hosts 10,000 Stranded Airline Passengers on 9-11

On September 11, thousands of Good Samaritans were inspired to generosity, kindness and helpfulness. In turn, we were inspired by them. When all North American...
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Emotional Reunions for Koreans after 50 years

Emotions ran high this week at Seoul's Convention Center in South Korea as 100 Korean families from both sides of the border were reunited...
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Millennium Trees

In the heat of a crisis, what the urban landscape looks like is low on the list of priorities. But, as time goes by,...

Youth Volunteers Deliver Caring Friendships to Armenian Elderly Shut-Ins

An Armenian Red Cross project to help elderly refugees has resulted in some unexpected friendships. The Psycho Social Care for Elderly Refugees project, started...
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The United Arab Emirates Focus on 2000

Two thousand prisoners and their families will receive assistance, 2,000 more orphans around the world will be helped, 2,000 poor people will receive clothes,...