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The world is full of good news. The following are just a few ...
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping welcomes a senior senatorial delegation from the USA,
including Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and nine colleagues for talks that focus on
enhancing especially trade relations between the two countries.
In Russia, Moscow-based New York Times reporters Mr. Clifford J. Levy and Ms. Ellen Barry are
awarded the eminent Pulitzer Prize for their commentary on the Russian judicial system,
which has significantly influenced discussion in the country.
The city of Camaiore in Tuscany, Italy hosts a four-day vegan festival featuring performances,
delicious food, cruelty-free products and more, all with an emphasis on animal welfare,
and free to the public.
In his weekly radio and Internet address, US President Barack Obama calls for developing
sustainable energy resources to address high fuel prices, saying that the country must
move beyond practices like subsidizing fossil fuel production and begin investing instead
in the future.
Austrian news magazine Profil reports that a local resident whose garden digging recently
revealed a buried medieval treasure of more than 200 precious rings, brooches, and other
ornaments, says that he does not wish to profit by selling them but will consider loaning
the collection to a museum.
According to Tibetan culture and literature expert Dr. Karma Trinley of Tibet University
in Lhasa, doctors nearly 3,000 years ago were already performing brain surgery, as described
in the Buddhist scripture, the Tripitaka.
Basel Botanical Gardens in Switzerland is welcoming visitors coming to see a rare bloom
from the giant two-meter flower Amorphophallus titanium, as the first such blossom in 75
years in Switzerland and in 17 years across the world.
In Cambodia’s capital city of Phnom Penh, some 5,000 environmental activists and dedicated
citizens conduct the first annual clean-up campaign by picking up litter as well as helping
inform the public about caring for and conserving the environment. �