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India’s Tribal People Safe After Tsunami - OfficialPort Blair, India - India's dwindling aboriginal population in the remote Andaman and Nicobar islands is safe as most lived in jungles, far away from the coast hit by a devastating tsunami, a coast guard official said on Thursday. |
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U.S. boosts tsunami aid to $350 millionWashington DC - The United States, which was heavily criticized for its response in the first days of the Asian tsunami disaster, substantially increased its pledge of aid to $350 million Friday. |
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Kenyan president rejects law allowing sport killing of wildlifeNairobi, Kenya - Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki vetoed Friday a law enacted by parliament to allow sport hunting and killing of wildlife straying onto private land, which critics said would have hobbled conservation efforts. |
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Mattress saved boy from deathSumatra, Indonesia - A five-year-old Indonesian boy spent two days floating at sea on a mattress to survive the tsunami that killed thousands of people from his town and was reunited with his family today. |
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Wild animals ‘sensed coming catastrophe’Sri Lanka - Wildlife officials in Sri Lanka's largest national park believe that animals sensed the Indian Ocean tsunami and fled to higher ground to avoid death. |
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Swedish toddler reunited with grandma after tsunamiPhuket, Thailand - A Swedish toddler who was feared orphaned after giant waves struck southern Thailand was reunited with some of his relatives on Tuesday. |
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Kidnap suspect caught; children freedCarthage - Police chasing a suspected kidnapper through Hancock and Adams counties on Monday arrested an Iowa man and recovered two children unharmed despite a collision that forced the Hancock County sheriff's vehicle into a cornfield. |
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Maine Recovers 17,000 Mercury SwitchesMaine - Maine has rescued at least 16,896 mercury switches from junked cars since the state approved the nation's first mandatory switch recycling program two years ago, according to a study released Monday by the Natural Resources Council of Maine. The independent survey of junkyards counted more than five times as many switches as the state had previously reported, since many small operations are stockpiling the switches before turning them in, they told NRCM. |
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Canada boosts food assistance for EthiopiaOttawa, Canada - The Honourable Aileen Carroll, Minister of International Cooperation, today announced a contribution to the World Food Programme (WFP) of over $20 million for new initiatives to address poverty and hunger in Ethiopia. The funds will be provided by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). |
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Whooping cranes return to state for 1st time in 108 yearsBelle Mina, Alabama - Three whooping cranes have been spotted in Alabama this month, the first time in 108 years the endangered species has made an appearance in the state, according to Wheeler Wildlife Refuge. |
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In move that could cut massive drug trade, UN will revive Afghan sugar industryIn a move that could curb the massive growth in opium production in Afghanistan, origin of much of the world's heroin, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today announced plans to help the war-torn country to resume sugar production. |
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Green Christmas: Tips for an Eco-Friendly HolidayYes, the holidays draw out the best in most of us each year. But they also bring what seems like an environmentalist's worst nightmare: tons of extra garbage, millions of chopped-down trees, and megawatts of flashing lights. With a little tweaking, however, everything from holiday gift-giving to light-stringing can celebrate the environment, too. Here's how: |
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thoughts: I’m trying to do what I think needs to do to get through this difficult time in our evolution as a species - and that is to share inspirational true stories. So many people I talk to feel ineffective in their ability to make the world better by responding to the problems that need to be addressed with positive action. I believe that part of the reason is because they look around and don’t see other people in their lives or those shown in mainstream media stepping up to the plate and doing good. What’s I believe is important in this world is to realize that every one of us needs to do their part in order for positive change to happen. Even if that part is to influence something bigger then oneself to take action - like, for example, writing a letter to a government body that is capable of creating massive change through legislation. The Great News Network exists to provide that often missing piece in mainstream media - deliver news stories of positive change happenning here and now.
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