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Nation Finally Outlaws Ownership of Exotic Pets
Keeping cheetahs or lions as pets has long been seen as a sign of status – but now, it will be punishable by extensive fines or jail time.
Cab Driver Gets Unexpected Theme-Park Ticket To Ride From Passenger
When an Irish businessman opted to take a day trip to the largest indoor amusement park in the world, he decided to flip the script...
UPDATE: Nations Pledge More Than $5.4 Billion to Rebuild Gaza
An international donors' conference to help rebuild the Gaza Strip after the devastating 50-day war with Israel kicked off this morning in Cairo with...
New $80 Million Fund to Save World’s Wild Cats
Donors from China, India, the United Arab Emirates and the United States provided $80 million as cornerstone funding to save wild cats.
Panthera, a leading organization dedicated...
Sharp Decline in Maternal and Child Deaths Globally, New Data Shows
Since the start of an international effort to address maternal and child mortality, millions of lives have been saved globally, a new study shows.
In...
Carter Center Gets $40M to Eradicate Guinea Worm Disease
The Guinea worm disease soon will be relegated to the history books, thanks to The Carter Center's ongoing eradication program and new donations from...
Wheelchair Adventurer Travels Where No Chair has Ever Been (w/ Video)
At the age of 29, Andrew Shelley sat stuck in the same predictable 9 to 5 job as his father. Looking back on his...
French Physicist Wins $1.4M Templeton Prize for Spiritual Implications of Quantum Mechanics
French physicist and philosopher of science Bernard d'Espagnat has won the Templeton Prize for work which acknowledges that science cannot fully explain 'the...
Iran Invited by Group of Eight to Meeting on Afghanistan
Iran said on Monday it had been invited by Group of Eight president, Italy, to an international meeting on Afghanistan, which is also expected...
World’s Friendliest Countries For Americans
Canada, Germany and Australia are topping the list of friendliest countries toward Americans who have moved abroad, says a new study: Canada is the...
Green Visionaries Unveil Plan for World’s First Carbon-Neutral, Waste-Free, Car-Free City
Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, is awash in profitable oil reserves yet pouring billions into renewable- and sustainable-energy technologies...
Top Ten Stories of 2006: 4) More Countries, Women, Voting
4) Nepal Celebrates Renewed Peace as More Countries, Women Vote Worldwide • Nepal was transformed in 2006 by a series of dramatic...
Top Ten Good News of 2006!
With casualties in Iraq reaching record numbers, the war in Lebanon punctuating the continuing crises in the Middle East and the ongoing slaughter in...
Nation Overcomes Turbulent History; Christian and Muslim Tanzanians Live in Peace
With all the bad news associated with Africa, it is refreshing to read about the successes. Tanzania is a haven of co-existence between two...