http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/images/gnn_logo_rss.gif http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/ 249 31 News of a better world editor@greatnewsnetwork.org great news network en editor@greatnewsnetwork.org Copyright 2008 2008-05-16T10:54:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/economic_crises_can_have_health_benefits/?source=rss Food and fuel shortages may have made life miserable in the short-term, but they led to long-term improvements in Cubans' health World, General World, Health, General Health, Business, General Business, Regions, Caribbean, Cuba, Business Top Stories, Top Stories, Health Top Stories, World Top Stories 2008-04-19T15:00:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/computer_program_reveals_anyones_ancestry/?source=rss Imagine being adopted, with no understanding of your cultural or genetic background. Science, Technology, Special Interest, Regions, Caribbean, Puerto Rico, Europe, Greece, North America, United States, California, New York, Top Stories, Science Top Stories, Special Interest Top Stories, USA Top Stories 2008-04-09T11:28:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/rain_power_harvesting_energy_from_the_sky/?source=rss Researchers who study energy harvesting see energy all around us – we just need to find a way to capture that energy. One of the latest energy harvesting techniques is converting the mechanical energy from falling raindrops into electricity that can be used to power sensors and other electronics devices. Environment, Climate and Energy, Science, Technology, Business, Regions, Africa, Central African Republic, Cote dIvoire, Dem. 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World, Politics, Regions, Caribbean, Haiti, United Nations, United Nations related, Top Stories, World Top Stories 2008-01-08T22:00:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/al_gore_ipcc_share_nobel_peace_prize_for_2007/?source=rss The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Canada Top Stories, UK Top Stories, USA Top Stories, Environment, Climate and Energy, Regions, Africa, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Cote dIvoire, Dijbouti, Dem. 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Special Interest, Heroic Stories, Inspirational Stories, Regions, Caribbean, Haiti, North America, United States, Michigan, Top Stories, Special Interest Top Stories, USA Top Stories 2007-09-27T15:18:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/monkeys_use_baby_talk_with_infants/?source=rss A person who excitedly approaches infants and speaks to them in a high-pitched, musical voice has a behavior in common with female monkeys, suggests a new study, which found that female rhesus macaques use "baby talk" when they see another monkey's offspring. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife, Regions, Caribbean, Puerto Rico 2007-08-25T11:45:01-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/both_cuba_venezuela_reap_benefits_from_medical_program/?source=rss Roberto Andrade sat in a hospital waiting room beside rows of patients, each with a bandage on one eye, and explained why he considers himself a diplomat of sorts. Health, Special Interest, Regions, Caribbean, Cuba, South America, Venezuela, Top Stories, Health Top Stories, Special Interest Top Stories 2007-01-14T05:43:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/annan_hails_dominican_republic_for_progress_on_antipoverty_goals/?source=rss On an official visit to the Dominican Republic today, Secretary-General Kofi Annan praised the country's progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), a set of global antipoverty targets adopted at a United Nations summit meeting held in 2000. Top Headlines, Popular Articles, Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Human Rights, Regions, Caribbean, Dominican Republic, United Nations 2006-08-14T17:53:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/castro_the_conservationist_by_default_or_design_cuba_largely_pristine/?source=rss Will Cuban President Fidel Castro be remembered primarily as a man of the people, an authoritarian tyrant-or a conservationist? Top Headlines, Popular Articles, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Environment, Forests, Water, Wildlife, Regions, Caribbean, Cuba 2006-08-09T00:57:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/new_law_on_cards_to_tackle_child_labour/?source=rss Government is moving to draft new legislation to eliminate child labour locally, despite progress in reducing the incidence of abuses here. Top Headlines, Top Stories, World, Human Rights, Business, Regions, Caribbean, Jamaica 2006-06-27T11:20:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/dominica_moves_to_protect_endangered_sea_turtles/?source=rss The Ministry of Tourism and the Ministry of Agriculture are collaborating to protect sea turtles in Dominica, which are now on the verge of extinction. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife, Regions, Caribbean, Dominica 2006-06-13T12:06:02-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/hemingway_papers_link_cuba_and_us/?source=rss Cuba is sending the US copies of more than 20,000 papers relating to the Nobel Prize winning American writer Ernest Hemingway. Top Headlines, Top Stories, USA Top Stories, World, Politics, Special Interest, Regions, Caribbean, Cuba, North America, United States, Washington D.C. 2006-05-21T05:35:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/photo_gallery_ocean_survey_reveals_world_of_deep_sea_creatures/?source=rss This heart-shaped jellyfish, called a comb jelly, was among thousands of tiny creatures captured in an expedition conducted last month to collect and catalog the world's deep-sea denizens. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife, Regions, Caribbean, Bermuda 2006-05-13T05:20:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/beach_patrols_help_sea_turtles_rebound/?source=rss Beach patrols to save dwindling leatherback sea turtle populations appear to be working on the Caribbean island of St. Croix. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife, Regions, Caribbean, US Virgin Islands 2006-05-10T02:13:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/guantanamo_bay_prisoners_plant_seeds_of_hope_in_secret_garden/?source=rss With their bare hands and the most basic of tools, prisoners at Guantanamo Bay have fashioned a secret garden where they have grown plants from seeds recovered from their meals. Top Headlines, USA Top Stories, World, Human Rights, Regions, Caribbean, Cuba 2006-05-02T20:02:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/jamaicas_first_female_pm_sworn_in_office/?source=rss Portia Simpson Miller took office Thursday as Jamaica's first female prime minister, pledging to fight violent crime, root out corruption and protect human rights. Top Headlines, Popular Articles, Top Stories, World, Human Rights, Politics, Regions, Caribbean, Jamaica 2006-03-31T05:24:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/us_virgin_islands_takes_steps_to_prevent_seaside_pollution/?source=rss The U.S. Virgin Islands has taken steps to prevent further pollution of its bays and beaches, reportedly contaminated by fecal bacteria, officials said Monday. Environment, Water, Regions, Caribbean, US Virgin Islands 2005-11-29T20:13:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/spiders_blood_found_in_amber_may_hold_prehistoric_secrets/?source=rss A 20-million-year-old spider frozen in time with droplets of its own blood may offer important new clues to the past, says the scientist who found it in the Caribbean. Science, Archeology, Special Interest, Regions, Caribbean, Dominican Republic, Popular Articles 2005-10-05T17:11:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/rare_puerto_rico_coqui_frog_to_receive_protections_under_legal_accord/?source=rss The Center for Biological Diversity and the Maunabo Development Committee have reached a legal settlement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in a lawsuit under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). As a result of the settlement approved by Washington D.C. Federal District Court Judge Richard W. Roberts, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) will prepare a Recovery Plan for the coqui guajon, also known as the Puerto Rico rock frog, by November 2004 and make a Critical Habitat determination for the species by September 2006. Environment, Wildlife, Regions, Caribbean, Puerto Rico, Popular Articles 2004-02-15T00:32:00-08:00