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Lebanese Kids TV Series Aims to Heal Societal Rifts
Lebanon's civil war may be over, but it's no secret that social and religious divisions remain. Finding understanding and common ground between communities is...
Love Has Returned to the City: Iranian Heart Swells Before Friday Election
Enjoying the blessing of living close to a public garden and highway in Tehran where the young generation intentionally produces traffic to react to...
New Technology Reduces IED Bomb Effectiveness by 20 Percent in One Year
Troops are emerging unscathed from IED explosion, thanks to the MRAP, a new armored vehicle capable of withstanding very large blasts. The vehicle...
Palm Sunday Goes Green With Fair-Trade Fronds
Christian churches in the U.S. are turning over a new leaf for Palm Sunday. About 2,500 congregations from every major denomination...
Independent Bookstore Stands Strong
In an era when conventional wisdom holds that independent bookstores are being vanquished by the big, bad book chains, Nancy Traversy has so...
Meet Lula Mae Walker, Who’s Been a Foster Mom to 300 Kids
Not only fostering 300 kids, this Fort Lauderdale woman has also raised nine kids of her own and adopted 11 others. Now 73,...
Macedonia Seeds Hope in 5 Million New Trees
A tiny Balkan country greets the spring – and safeguards the environment – by planting five million trees in a massive reforestation initiative....
Twitter Philanthropy: Microbloggers Raise Quarter Million Dollars for Good Cause
Changing the landscape of modern philanthropy, the first annual Twestival, organized on the social network Twitter, captured the imagination and donations of 10,000 Twitterers...
Iceland Nears Energy Independence With Hydrogen Power
It looks much like any other filling station: Shell-branded gasoline pumps along the shoulder of a busy highway. But this is no ordinary Shell...
As Electric Cars Gain Currency, Oregon Charges Ahead
Last November, Oregon became the first state to develop standards for a statewide infrastructure of electric-car plug-in stations in terms of performance, safety,...
From Minnesota to Texas, Wind Power Sweeps New Jobs Into Old-tech Towns
Hundreds of workers lost their jobs after the printing press factory closed in Cedar Rapids in 2001. The hulking empty shell sat idle...
Colorado School District Does Away With Grade Levels
To overcome low test scores and a high dropout rate, an entire school district is implementing radical reforms. For starters, when the...
Khatami, Iran’s Reformist Ex-President Will Run Again
Bowing to months of pressure from political allies, Iran’s former reformist president, Mohammad Khatami, on Sunday declared he will run in the June...
Wind Now Leads EU Power Sector
In 2008, more wind power was installed in the EU than any other electricity generating technology. Statistics released by the European Wind Energy Association...
Don’t panic about your 401(k) losses. Here’s why.
Before anyone mistakes the current market slump for a reason to drive us back into pensions, consider that historically the stock market recovers and...
Theologians Converge on Brazil to Envision a Sustainable World
Theologians from around the world are converging on Belém, near the mouth of the Amazon River in northeast Brazil, to develop a theology for...
Teacher Finds a Way to Get her Students to Washington
Students from the all-black school in Selma, Ala., will get a chance to witness history – and wear their new winter parkas....
Chávez Restores Free Home Heating Oil Program to U.S. Poor
The Venezuelan government reversed course Wednesday, announcing that its US oil subsidiary would continue to provide free home heating oil to poor Americans two...
Adoptive Parents Visit Guatemala to Give Back (Updated with Link)
Last month, a group of American adoptive parents traveled to Guatemala to donate $30,000 worth of food, toys, clothes, and shoes to 1,000 poor...
Rice-Powered Stove Ignites New Hope for Poor Farmers
More than a third of the world’s population can’t afford propane or other petroleum-based cooking fuels, relying instead on wood or charcoal that...