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The world is full of good news. The following are just a few ...
During a meeting with visiting Thai Senate President, Teeradej Meepien, President Trương
Tấn Sang of Âu Lạc (Vietnam) commends the growing cooperation between the two countries
as he also conveys his wish for continued mutual expansion.
Chile’s Congress approves a voter reform measure that offers greater representation
through an automatic registration system that establishes eligibility for nearly 5 million
new citizen voters.
Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad Al MalKi and counterparts from the Mercosur countries
of Uruguay, Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina sign a Free Trade Agreement, with the Palestinian
minister also conveying his wish that Mercosur nations trading with Israel contribute to
peace in the Middle East.
Researchers at the University of Illinois in the USA develop a new bandage called a
micro-vascular stamp, which encourages the growth of blood vessels on the surface of
wounds and is intended to benefit a number of medical areas.
The Italian Cooperation, a public and private humanitarian organization of Italy, donates
funds for two mobile clinics to support the Somalia-based Young Doctors Association in
treating more than 200 women and children asylum seekers daily in Mogadishu.
The 42nd US President Bill Clinton pledges a match of US$2 from his personal funds for
every US$1 donated to his charitable foundation by the end of 2011 for initiatives that include
improved global treatment for AIDS and malaria as well as ways to address climate change.
The UK-based anti-smoking charity Ash Scotland states that a person who smokes 20 cigarettes
a day could save at least £2,500 each year by quitting, in addition to health benefits
such as improved circulation as well as reduced risk of heart attack, coronary disease, and
lung cancer.
Thanks to the generosity of British citizens, international charity Save the Children raised
more than £7 million since July 2011 for humanitarian supplies to benefit 1.7 million
drought-affected children in East Africa, making the campaign the most successful in
the organization’s history.�