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The world is full of good news. The following are just a few ...
With thousands of people signed up to participate in 68 countries, a new mass initiative for
social change, Action for Happiness at www.actionforhappiness.org seeks to promote greater well-being and a
happier society through doing good for others.
Dr. Erwin Lauppert of the Austrian Vegetarian Union notes that environmental concerns are
causing a rise in popularity of both vegetarianism and veganism among youths, with a recent Austrian
food report suggesting that some 20% of young women in particular no longer eat meat.
In commemorating World Laboratory Animal Week, the organization Animal Defenders International
reminds of the cruel, unnecessary experiments and deaths of 100 million animals in laboratories
worldwide as it urges for humane alternative methods, many of which are already available.
Tanzania’s Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda assures the country’s citizens of ample
food stores at the National Food Reserve Agency, with more than 212,000 tons of maize available
as of April 2011.
Jordan’s Higher Council for Youth welcomes Azerbaijani Youth and Sports Minister Azad
Rahimov to the capital Amman for discussions of greater cooperation and sports exchange
between their countries.
The UK-based International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) Women’s Network urges
for more stringent limits to small arms exports, saying that an outright ban on such weapons
would help reduce the incidence of gender-based violence against women.
As the first to visit since 1997, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrives in Hong
Kong, where he and Chief Executive Donald Tsang agree on their countries' increased
collaboration in science, culture, and education.�