Here are the
Top Ten Good News Stories of the Week -- published every weekend...
1) Wars are on the Wane Worldwide - The world has become dramatically more peaceful since 1992, according to the Human Security Report. The number of wars, coup d'etats, and acts of genocide has declined by 40 percent.
(Civics)
2) US Mayors Embrace Kyoto Protocol - In the fight against global warming,
320 mayors of US cities have boldly gone where the U.S. president would not -- into the forefront along with 164 nations embracing the Kyoto Accord and setting targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2012... (
Earth)
3) Jumbo Jet is Eye Hospital for World's Poor - 8 million people in the world are blind, yet their blindness could have been prevented, or their eyesight restored, if only they'd received access to proper eye care -- or, a seat on the world's only jumbo jet outfitted as a Flying Eye Hospital.
(Civics)
4) Ugandans Welcome 'Terrorists' Back - About 400 former guerilla insurgents line up in a village in Uganda, to step on an egg. The ritual is one of many in which their community forgives them for atrocities they committed as rebels. Betty Atto, a 20-something former member of one of the world's most-brutal rebel armies, finally gets to take her first step toward redemption - toward the forgiveness she now seeks from the people she terrorized for so long." ... (
Inspired!)
5) Microsoft Helps Train Reformed Colombian Fighters in Computers - Microsoft has agreed to donate more than $300,000 to open computer centers where former paramilitary fighters will receive free training for civilian jobs, after a meeting last month in which President Alvaro Uribe solicited Bill Gates' help in reintegrating 30,000 demobilized paramilitaries into the nation's economy. (
Civics )
6)Tough New Law Protects Indian Women From Domestic Violence - "A landmark new law seeking to protect women from domestic violence has come into effect in India. The law also bans harassment by way of dowry demands and gives sweeping powers to a magistrate to issue protection orders where needed. Domestic violence, under the new law, includes "actual abuse or the threat of abuse whether physical, sexual, emotional or economic." (
Home Life)
7) The Link Between Violence and What We Eat - There is a striking correlation between violence and nutrient in the diet. A clinical trial at the US government's National Institutes for Health and earlier studies involving people with violent records found that those given supplements have been able for the first time to control their anger and aggression... (
Health)
8) One Man Has Sent 100,000 Students to College (Audio) - In a Northern California town, one man, made it possible for anyone who wanted to go to junior college to do so. He created a scholorship fund 60 years ago and to date has sent 100,000 young people to college. This year a check for $5 million financed the education of 5,500 students, some whose grandparents received the same grant, thanks to Frank Doyle. (
Inspired! Individuals)
9) When Doctors Say Your Child Will be 'a Vegetable' -Dick and Rick Hoyt are a father-and-son team who compete just about continuously in marathon races. And if they’re not in a marathon they're competing in a grueling triathlon -- a remarkable record of exertion, but all the more so when you consider that Rick can't walk or talk... (
Inspired! Individuals )
10) Photographers Double Adoption Rates for Foster Care Kids After Photo Exhibits The file folders of foster kids are filled with bland pictures unable to express the children for who they are, unique individuals longing to be adopted by a loving family. Photographer Jackie Mathey had the idea to try to capture the soul of a foster child in a unique photo session. She then displayed the photos at a public exhibition hoping to inspire the audience toward adoption. Not only was the exhibit effective, it's been
extremely effective... (
Inspired!)
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