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No Ice Loss Seen in Major Himalayan Glaciers: Scientists

One of the world's biggest glacier regions has so far resisted global warming that has ravaged mountain ice elsewhere, scientists reported on Sunday. The...
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LinkedIn Founder Lets 40,000 People Lend His Fortune to Others

Reid Hoffman, one of Silicon Valley's most successful entrepreneurs, has pledged one million dollars in micro-loans on the Kiva website to help tiny businesses...
Norman Borlaug

Iowa Honors Birthday of Farming Hero Who Saved a Billion Lives: Norman Borlaug

Today marks the 98th anniversary of the birth of Iowa’s greatest hero, Norman E. Borlaug, the farm boy who received the Nobel Peace Prize...
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India Hailed for its First Polio-Free Year

Today marks a milestone in the fight against polio as India celebrates one year since the last recorded case of new polio infection in...
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U.S. Forces Rescue Iranians at Sea for Second Time in a Week

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued six Iranians from sea whose boat had flooded on Tuesday in the Gulf, the second time in less than...
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Danish Navy Captures Pirate Ship, Frees 14 Hostages

The Danish navy says it has captured a suspected pirate mothership off the Horn of Africa and rescued 14 people from Iran and Pakistan...
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Apparel Exporters to End Child Labor in India

After global apparel companies like Gap and Adidas censured the Indian apparel industry for engaging in child labor, the nation's Apparel Export Promotion Council...
Afghan Education Minister, Dr. Farooq Wardak

8,000 Afghan Schools Built So Far, 13 More Over Next 6 Months

The Afghanistan Minister of Education, Dr. Farooq Wardak, has been very busy since taking office three years ago. More than 8,000 school buildings have...
Junior Squash champion, Maria Toorpakai

Squash Prodigy Flees Taliban, Finds Refuge in Toronto

At 20, Maria Toorpakai is the best female squash player in Pakistan. But she can't play there. Her family began receiving death threats from the...
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Osama Bin Laden Is Dead; President Tells Nation ‘Justice Has Been Done’

                Osama bin Laden, the leader of the al-Qaida terrorist network that killed 3,000 people in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, is dead. President...
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Women of Courage Awardees Set Example for the World

On Tuesday, the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day, First Lady Michelle Obama joined Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to recognize ten remarkable...
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World Landmarks Light-Up With ‘End Polio’ Message in Final Push to Eradicate Disease

What do the Trevi Fountain in Rome, India’s Charminar monument, and the New York Stock Exchange building have in common? Each of these iconic...
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Top 10 “Seriously Good News” From 2010

2010 was a year of disasters -- Haitian earthquake, Gulf oil spill and Pakistani flooding -- yet it was also a year of stunning...
Civilization-V, the new socially responsible video game

Video Gamers Help Choose a Charity for Quarter Million Dollar Grant

With the release of a new computer game, video gamers can build their own civilizations. They can wage wars, conduct diplomacy and even discover...
Indo-Pak-Express after US Open final

Tennis Stars Rally For Peace at US Open

Sporting events can always be counted on to bring feuding nations together - think, US ping pong players visiting in China in the 1970's. In...
US soldier talks to Afghan villagers

Terrorist Attacks, Fatalities from Attacks Declined in 2009

The number of terrorist attacks worldwide in 2009 fell by about 6 percent from the previous year, and the number of deaths from these...
Bobbie Gottschalk

Seeds of Peace Camp: Sowing Tolerance Among Former Foes

While governments can do important work to promote it, peace, tolerance and understanding come mostly from people. That's why the South Asian Seeds of...
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Kick Polio Out of Africa Campaign at Victorious End

Rotary International made a promise to help kick polio out of Africa, and this month, with a football signed by Nobel Laureate Archbishop Desmond...
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Doctors Provide Free Health Care Nationwide This Saturday

A group of physicians have organized free health care clinics across 26 states tomorrow that will treat, screen and counsel patients who need care....
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New Pledges From Nations to Secure Nuclear Material: List

The largest gathering of world leaders in more than a half century gathered April 12 at the 47-nation in Washington. Nations offered various promises...