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Maternal Deaths Drop By Nearly Half Worldwide Over 20 Years
The number of women dying of pregnancy and childbirth related complications has almost halved in 20 years, according to a new joint U.N. report...
Saudi Girls School Defies Clerics With Basketball
A girls' school in Saudi Arabia has defied a religious ban on female sports by erecting basketball hoops and letting pupils play at break-time,...
Heavy Metal Music Unites Jews and Muslims Across the Middle East
Sometimes change happens in the most unlikely ways, fostered by the most unlikely of people. In the last few years, while Israel’s relationship with...
American Muslim Comedians Transcend Politics with Humor
A motley crew of diverse Arab, Persian and American comedians is making audiences laugh while unraveling stereotypes at the same time. With their own...
Israeli President Says Nation Acts “In Full Agreement” With Obama
Current Israeli President Shimon Peres told Barbara Walters on Wednesday, "I think our relations with Obama are in a good shape."
Appearing to disagree with...
Danish Navy Captures Pirate Ship, Frees 14 Hostages
The Danish navy says it has captured a suspected pirate mothership off the Horn of Africa and rescued 14 people from Iran and Pakistan...
Hero Attorney Who Caught Arsonist: ‘This Is A Lot More Exciting Than My Day Job’
It wasn't a veteran detective or even a full-time cop who finally caught the man suspected of lighting 52 fires in Los Angeles last...
Lady Gaga Tops List of 20 Celebrities Doing Good in 2011
DoSomething.org, an organizations that helps teens take action on causes they care about, released its fourth annual 'Top 20 Celebs Gone Good' list. Lady...
In Kabul, a Bowling Center Offers Respite From War
In an Afghan capital scarred by years of war, a young Afghan woman has bet $1 million that her countrymen could use a little...
All U.S. Troops to Leave Iraq by Year’s End: Obama
President Barack Obama announced that the U.S. will pull out all of its troops from Iraq by the end of December, drawing the nine-year...
CNN Names Top 10 ‘CNN Heroes’ for 2011
CNN announced its Top 10 CNN Heroes for 2011, while opening online voting that will determine the winner of the $250,000 grand prize. All...
Inspiring 9/11 Story: A Massai Warrior’s Unexpected Gift to America
In the days following 9/11, Americans were in shock and grieving—but so were others around the world who offered extraordinary gestures of support to a country that...
Thousands of Butterflies Released Bringing Hope to Kids With Cancer
2000 people gathered this month in Massachusetts to release almost two thousand butterflies in honor an 8-year-old who died of cancer. The event raised...
Exterminated 50 Years Ago, Cheetahs to Run Again in India
The cheetah is poised to sprint once again along India's grassland, nearly half a century after it was hunted to extinction. The fastest mammal...
No More Fillings? Gel Regenerates Teeth
Dentists could soon hang up their drills. A new peptide, embedded in a soft gel and placed next to a cavity, encourages cells inside...
Muslim Woman Defies Odds to Build Power Company in Afghanistan
Masooma Habibi remembers her hands bleeding after weaving carpets with her mother in Iran when she was 5. Now she is part of a...
Pakistan Officials Seize Drug-Making Chemicals Worth $6 Million
The largest-ever amount of acetic anhydride, which is used to produce heroin from opium, was seized in Pakistan by authorities. The chemicals,...
New US-Russia Arms Treaty Cuts Nukes by a Third
A new arms control agreement between the United States and Russia was reached yesterday that would reduce the number of nuclear weapons deployed by...
Women of Courage Honored as Human Rights Champions by Mrs. Obama, Sec. Clinton
First lady Michelle Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton honored human rights activists from around the world with this year’s Women of...
American Muslims Work With Mormans to Help Earthquake-Ravaged Haiti
As churches worldwide mobilize in Haiti’s greatest time of need, a spirit of cooperation is highlighted by Muslims in the US and their ongoing...