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The world is full of good news. The following are just a few ...
Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan offers her earnest support to Russian President Dmitry
Medvedev and US President Barack Obama for their efforts to eliminate nuclear weapons
globally. The National Institutes of Health in the USA
awards US$2 million to an international research team for the development of a new test that
would help dentists detect oral cancer quickly and easily.
The Red Crescent Authority in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates donates approximately
US$100,000 in aid for disadvantaged families and individuals including widows, patients
in need, and indebted detainees. The US-based Washington Animal Rescue League
welcomes nine dogs from the Animal Friends League of Kuwait who lost their shelter due
to a fire and needed a cool place to protect from temperatures that could reach 140 degrees
Fahrenheit there. As meetings between the nations proceed regarding
security and other mutual concerns, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa affirms that his country
and Colombia are approaching normalized relations. US President Barack Obama signs into law a
bill that allocates US$10 billion to save the jobs of thousands of teachers across the
country. Australian grandmother Sue Oldham at 64-years-young
becomes the most seasoned swimmer to cross the English Channel from Dover in the United
Kingdom to France, with a time of 17 hours and 31 minutes.
North Korea encourages peaceful resolution with South Korea, saying that it seeks to
build a harmonious atmosphere throughout the Korean peninsula.
During the holy month of Ramadan, German television channel RTL2 is broadcasting the start and
end times of the daily fast as a service to Muslim viewers and to promote cultural awareness.
Ethiopia’s government announces that Eritrean asylum seekers living in camps who are able
to sustain themselves independently or through family and friends may leave the camp and
live in any part of the country�