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South Korea to Send First Food Aid to North Korea in Three Years
Recently, signs of a thaw have been emerging on the divided Korean peninsula, with Pyongyang making a series of conciliatory gestures, such as releasing...
Top 10 CNN Heroes for 2010 Announced
A Scotsman providing free daily meals to 400,000 children, a former child soldier clearing land mines in Cambodia and a Texas builder giving injured...
Ancient Fruit Shows Promise For Modern Healing
Amalaki, a simple fruit from India, has been a superstar of eastern medicine for thousands of years.
Unknown in the west, the fruit has a...
Tennis Stars Rally For Peace at US Open
Sporting events can always be counted on to bring feuding nations together - think, US ping pong players visiting in China in the 1970's.
In...
Pakistan Thanks World for Opening Wallets
Pakistan thanked the world Friday for opening its wallets and said more than 20 million flood victims now know that nations and people around...
Transforming Villages One Bridge at a Time
More than 13 years after his parents drowned in a flash flood, David Kakuko is at the Moruny River, building a bridge that might...
Stand Up for the Gulf: Jay Leno to Perform Benefit for Oil Spill Victims
Tonight Show host Jay Leno will perform a benefit Saturday night for Mississippians impacted by the Gulf oil spill.
Proceeds from ticket sales will go...
13-Year-Old Raises $32,000 for School Art Supplies
Tae Tae got an idea last year after her school cut art supplies from the budget. She worried that kids who could not afford...
Wheat Surpasses White in Sliced Bread Sales
The tide is turning for whole grains as American grocery shoppers are choosing more healthy sliced bread. A report in July showed whole wheat...
China Rescues 115 Miners Trapped for 8 Days
More than 100 Chinese miners were pulled out alive Monday after being trapped for over a week in a flooded coal mine, where...
Whale Escorts Paddler in Fundraiser for Breast Cancer
Jodie Nelson was disappointed that she only raised $6,000 in advance of her 40-mile paddle for breast cancer -- until a whale joined the...
South Korean Students Battle Cyber-Bullying with Positive Comments
With the rising number of suicides caused by cyber-bullying, a South Korean movement is leading the way in efforts to restore civility to human...
Boy, 7, Raises $200,000 for Haiti
Seven-year-old Charlie Simpson from London has raised more than £136,000 ($220,000) for Haitian earthquake survivors.
Charlie hoped to raise just £500 for UNICEF's earthquake appeal...
Helicopter Rescues Dog From Swollen California River (Video)
Epic storms have swollen waterways in California and much of the country was riveted by the rescue of a dog that got trapped on...
Malawi Farmers Adapt to Climate Change, Become Filmmakers to Teach Others (Video)
A journalist and CNN corporate sales executive quit her job to pursue a Masters thesis that would help Malawi farmers use video to teach...
Public Choosees 5 Non-profits for $100,000 Grant From Tom’s of Maine
For the first time in its 40 year history of charitable giving, Tom's of Maine, the natural toothpaste company, opened up its funding process...
Award Winners Changing the World Through Tech
The Tech Awards is an international program honoring innovators from around the world who are applying technology to benefit humanity. This year's winners received...
Christmas Outpouring in November for Dying Boy
Seven weeks before Christmas, a modern day Christmas miracle was taking place in South Lyon, Michigan, in the home of a five-year-old boy in...
3 Sisters who Found Dad a Kidney on Craigs List Find Organs for Others
Last year, our father was diagnosed with Kidney Disease. Unfortunately, my sisters and I were all incompatible to donate, so we dreamed up...
Five Years After Tsunami, Indonesia Better Prepared for Catastrophes
The devastating tsunami that hit Indonesia so hard in December 2004 had three positive effects: it pushed the population to reflect and improve its...