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By Chaniga Vorasarun | Fri Nov 6, 2009 5:48 PM ET

For one mother in China, this was no time for a casual stroll. Read More

By Kendall Hunter | Sun Nov 1, 2009 1:24 PM ET

Turks and Tourists alike are recognizing the many benefits of the Hamam experience. Read More

More like this in: Health, Beauty, Reuters, Marriage, Turkey, Islam, Istanbul, Gossip, Divorce, Marriages

By Kendall Hunter | Sat Oct 31, 2009 12:47 PM ET

A payment for environmental services scheme in Vietnam benefits all involved. Read More

More like this in: Coffee, Asia, Farming, Trees, Vietnam, Fertilizer, Southeast Asia, Hydroelectric, Floods, Logging

By Kendall Hunter | Sat Oct 31, 2009 10:04 AM ET

Authors who deal with the theme of peace in their works are honored in the US and Germany. Read More

More like this in: Europe, Africa, Germany, Asia, Peace, Ohio, Religion, Sheryl Wudunn

By Sarah Parsons | Thu Oct 29, 2009 5:21 PM ET

Mary Crowley and her non-profit, Project Kaisei, aim to study and clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Read More

More like this in: Non-Profit, Recycling, Nonprofit, Garbage, Sailing, Social Responsibility, Kindness, Asia, Americas, Environment, Volunteerism, Activism

By Kendall Hunter | Wed Oct 28, 2009 11:59 AM ET

The Nansen Refugee medal is being posthumously awarded to Edward Kennedy today in Washington DC. Read More

More like this in: Washington, Washington DC, Peace, Nobel Peace Prize, Switzerland, Refugee, Norway, Refugees, UNHCR, Antonio Guterres

By Annie Scott | Tue Oct 27, 2009 9:40 AM ET

You're not supposed to chew gum in Singapore, but you can now see F1 racing and Beyoncé. Annie Scott wonders: Who are these people? Read More

More like this in: New York City, London, Sex, Shopping, Asia, Paris, tourism, Singapore, Beijing, Black Eyed Peas, Indonesia, Southeast Asia

By Kendall Hunter | Mon Oct 26, 2009 5:29 PM ET

An ex-soldier takes his most difficult memory of war and uses it to reshape the lives of children traumatically affected by war. Read More

More like this in: Children, Non-Profit, United States, Nonprofit, Iraq, Afghanistan, Peace, Ice Cream, Christian Science Monitor, Military

By Kendall Hunter | Sun Oct 25, 2009 3:01 PM ET

A project to help the street children of Nepal to help themselves is looking to gain support through a new Facebook application. Read More

More like this in: Google, Children, Charity, Facebook, Organic, Hope, Restaurants, Teaching, Nepal, Mushrooms

By Kendall Hunter | Sun Oct 25, 2009 8:50 AM ET

The brother of an assassinated Aid worker makes a plea to make 2010 the Year To Protect Humanitarian Aid Workers. Read More

More like this in: Children, Afghanistan, Death, Pakistan, Somalia, Sudan, Social Responsibility, Asia, Africa, Mideast, Europe, Volunteerism, Activism, Development, Human Rights