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- December 15, 2010
Three women have won the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize. Africa's first female president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has spent the last five years working to bring democratic peace to Liberia. Another Liberian peace activist, Leymah Gbowee, is the executive director of the Ghana-based NGO Women Peace and Security Network Africa. Tawakul Karman is recognized for making
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READ MOREThe New York Public Library is considering loaning its books to e-readers, since e-books have been growing in popularity among library users. No time frame has been set, but this would be a natural extension of the library’s mission to get people to “read more and think more,” according to the president of the New
READ MOREYou can walk into any McDonald's in America and buy a bounty of ready-to-eat calories for just a few bucks. But can you cook much better food for yourself for even cheaper? That's the message of Slow Food USA's ongoing $5 Challenge, and of a recent column by New York Times recipe wizard/ food politics
READ MOREA new study, published in the journal of Translational Psychiatry, once again raises the question of nature versus nurture, finding that children are more likely to maintain happier emotions when exposed to positive parenting. The study focused on children with a gene variation that predisposes them to lower serotonin levels in the brain, which can
READ MOREActress Angelina Jolie is considering taking on an expanded new role with the U.N. refugee agency for which she already serves as goodwill ambassador. Jolie has been a goodwill ambassador for the agency for the past ten years, explaining her work as “moving, sometimes heartbreaking, but always rewarding, and unforgettable.” CBS News, 10/4/2011
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