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The world is full of good news. The following are just a few ...
Argentine President Christina Fernandez announces an increase in state pension payments that
will benefit approximately 10 million retirees. US Academy and multiple Grammy-award winning
musician Bruce Springsteen matches a donation of the charity Springs Close Foundation for
a combined US$100,000 to provide food for the disadvantaged in his native New Jersey,
USA. Supreme Master Ching Hai is offering an additional US$10,000 to chip in, with love.
With waiting lists of up to a decade for its classical performances, the 99th Bayreuth
Festival is held in Germany, where dignitaries, film stars and fans attend the premiere of
Richard Wagner's romantic opera "Lohengrin." The US-based International Fund for Animal
Welfare, rescues some three dozen stray dogs in Alaska, USA saving them from death as homes
are found for the animals in Canada and the US state of New York. Supreme Master Ching
Hai is recognizing International Fund for Animal Welfare's loving endeavors with the
Shining World Compassion Award, as well as US$10,000 for veg food and medical necessities.
The French government announces an upgrade of the Palestinian Authority’s diplomatic
status, which will now be represented by a mission led by an ambassador in an effort
to better support the creation of an independent Palestinian state.
Approximately 100 women inmates in Panevėžys, Lithuania are knitting socks, gloves, and
scarves to be given to the less fortunate in preparation for winter in central Afghanistan’s
Ghor Province. Eritrean Foreign Minister Osman Saleh states
that sending more troops to Somalia is not a solution and that the only way to way to
bring peace is through diplomatic dialog. The US-based Vehicle Production Group unveils
the mobility vehicle (MV-1), the first personal transport van custom-designed for wheelchair
accessibility that meets the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan
hold impromptu talks on how to advance toward a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine.
With the help of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Spitzer Space
Telescope, Canadian astronomer Jan Cami and team detect the large soccer ball-shaped molecules
known as “Buckyballs” for the first time ever in space. �