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The world is full of good news. The following are just a few ...
In the northeastern province of Rattanakiri, Cambodia, residents and officials convey their
gratitude for the 39 volunteer Aulacese (Vietnamese) doctors who came to provide free medical check-ups
and treatment for the less fortunate. The US Department of Energy's National Nuclear
Security Administration announces that the last W62 warhead, originally produced in the
1970s, has now been dismantled. Thanks to a new law in Missouri, USA, canines
such as two-year-old black Labrador Simon, who has been comforting children and helping
them talk about their difficult experiences, will be able to stay in court with the children
during their testimony. The Lebanese government allocates US$100 million
for a new social plan, designed to improve the livelihoods of at least 50% of the nation’s
less fortunate by 2015. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon calls on
the Burmese government to release all political detainees for the most inclusive, free and
fair elections on November 7 that would also advance the country’s development and democracy.
Builder Dan Phillips of Texas, USA has begun constructing houses from salvaged materials,
creating charming yet affordable homes for artists, single mothers and low-income families.
Sudan's capital city Khartoum bans the practice of water pipe smoking, or shisha, in public
places. The Red Cross in Burkina Faso, with the help
of the International Committee of the Red Cross, assists 5,000 residents affected by
flooding by providing basic necessities such as buckets, soap, blankets, kettles, clothing
and kitchen sets. Thirteen-year-old Korean-American Jonathan
Lee is visiting North Korea in the hope of proposing to Supreme Leader Kim Jong Il the
idea of planting a children’s peace forest in the shared zone between North and South
Korea. The UN Human Rights Council Advisory Committee
urges for an end to the discrimination of anti-leprosy laws, saying that the disease
is easily treated and millions have been cured, with no need for the isolation that has been
imposed on sufferers in the past. �