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By Lisa Germinsky|Fri Feb 26, 2010 2:12 PM ET
UNICEF names Pete Wentz as its latest spokesperson for the 2010 UNICEF Tap Project.
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New York City, Haiti, Drinking Water, UNICEF, Clean Water, Congo, Mental Health, Fall Out Boy, Pete Wentz, Invisible Children, Child Soldiers, Tap Project
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By Katherine Gustafson|Thu Feb 18, 2010 5:42 PM ET
Considering that millions of babies die for lack of help in breathing at birth, a little education can save a lot of lives.
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Health, India, Medicine, Death, Teaching, Babies, World Health Organization, Gates Foundation, Argentina, Congo, Pakistan, Zambia, National Institutes of Health, Guatemala, Democratic Republic of Congo, Breast-feeding, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, University of Alabama
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By David Bois|Wed Jan 6, 2010 3:02 PM ET
UN peacekeepers stationed in the Congo are helping to keep an eye on chimpanzees near a freshly active volcano.
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Hope, United Nations (UN), Peace, Congo, Troops, Chimpanzees
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By David Bois|Sat Dec 5, 2009 3:44 PM ET
Unspeakable cruelty gives way to hope as a pair of mountain gorillas, orphaned as infants in 2007, return home to the Congo.
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Hope, Conservation, Nature, Uganda, Congo, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, University of California, Davis, Gorillas, Newsweek Inc., Jane Goodall Institute
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By Darragh Worland|Fri Nov 20, 2009 10:57 PM ET
The Enough Project is urging consumers like you (and me!) to demand conflict-free electronics. Here's how.
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YouTube, iPhone, Asia, Electronics, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, U.S. House of Representatives, Smuggling
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By Lisa Germinsky|Mon Oct 26, 2009 12:09 PM ET
And the countdown continues! Our penultimate installment of Tonic's first 50 Most Beautiful People list will make you drool. Guaranteed.
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Children, Education, Schools, Philanthropy, Afghanistan, Mexico, Hurricane Katrina, Farmers Market, Entrepreneurship, Labor, Hurricane, Congo, Bottled Water, University of Pennsylvania, Child Soldiers, Liberia, Keith Olbermann, Rachel Maddow, Scott Harrison, Same-Sex Marriage, Civil Unions, and Domestic Partnerships
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By Kendall Hunter|Wed Oct 14, 2009 10:26 AM ET
The Right Livelihood foundation announces 2009 awards as a wake-up calls to secure our common future.
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Climate Change, New Zealand, Ethiopia, Congo, Sweden, Nobel Prize, NGO, Democratic Republic of Congo
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By Kendall Hunter|Mon Oct 12, 2009 9:35 AM ET
Clowns Without Borders uses laughter to heal traumatized children in Congo.
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Congo, Doctors Without Borders, UNHCR, Clowns, Reporters Without Borders
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By Kendall Hunter|Fri Oct 2, 2009 6:52 PM ET
War Child's "I Got Soul" nabs the BeMOBO award in Glasgow.
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London, Afghanistan, Bono, U2, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Glasgow, War Child
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By Steve Tanner|Fri Sep 25, 2009 5:03 PM ET
Thanks to a new application, Facebook users can help save the endangered African mountain gorilla with a simple click and the cost of a banana.
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Facebook, Uganda, Congo, Rwanda, Media, FAME
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By Caroline Walker|Tue Sep 8, 2009 1:11 PM ET
While your readjust to the work week, we'll fill you in on a wide range of good things.
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Health, Healthcare, Congo
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By Lisa Jo Rudy|Thu Sep 3, 2009 2:02 PM ET
Six dollar mosquito nets save hundreds of lives in Africa
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Africa, Malaria, North Carolina, Congo, EurekAlert, C.A.R.E, Democratic Republic of Congo, Infant Mortality, University of North Carolina
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By Megan Quitkin|Fri Aug 28, 2009 10:01 AM ET
Uma Thurman gears up to fight the scariest bad guys she's ever encountered, shedding much-needed light on the issue of child soldiers.
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Africa, Hollywood, AIDS, Congo, Slavery, Leonardo DiCaprio, Torture, Child Soldiers, Quentin Tarantino, Central African Republic, War Child, Uma Thurman
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By Katherine Gustafson|Mon Jul 27, 2009 11:00 AM ET
An international photography prize announces its shortlist.
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London, Photography, Congo, Sustainable Development, Kofi Annan
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By Rachel Felder|Thu Jun 18, 2009 9:30 AM ET
Sheryl Crow, Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox all bust out their OmniPeace tees to help Congolese victims of violence.
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California, Los Angeles, Hollywood, Congo, Jennifer Aniston, Sheryl Crow, Courteney Cox
