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The world is full of good news. The following are just a few ...
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has a cordial meeting with former US President Jimmy Carter who,
together with the late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping , established diplomatic ties between
the two nations some three decades ago.
Thirteen Afghan artists display 40 pieces of their artwork in a historic garden in Kabul,
Afghanistan, to encourage peace and celebrate the International Peace Day coming up on September
21.
In the wake of the recent New Zealand quake, Canterbury University Law student Sam Johnson
creates an online Facebook student volunteer group for earthquake clean up, with 300 people
who came to help on the first day the efforts were launched.
The Chilean government engages three simultaneous drilling efforts to speed the rescue of the
33 miners still underground, along with offering good nutrition and banning alcohol and cigarettes
for their optimal health and well-being.
According to the US Agency for International Development, rainfall in many parts of Southern
Sudan are set to improve food supplies for more than two million people as the harvest
of maize and peanuts begins.
The Spanish Basque group ETA announces a ceasefire and states its intentions to achieve goals
diplomatically following guidance from Sinn Féin, an Irish political party that now takes
part in the peaceful governance of both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
Philippine Emer Rojas, who lost his voice to laryngeal cancer because of tobacco smoking,
is campaigning along with other tobacco-related cancer victims to better protect the public
by having graphic picture warnings placed on cigarette packages.
The government of Mozambique restores subsidies to keep prices of bread, water and electricity
affordable for the country’s people.
Officials in Scotland, United Kingdom report crime in the past year to be at a 32-year
low, with vandalism, violent crime, and crimes of dishonesty showing the most significant
decreases.
To help the people affected by the recent floods in Cameroon, Libya sends a plane carrying
28 tons of medicines and equipment as well as water purification and medical kits.
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