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I am enamored of all things Canadian right now because of the kindness of someone I was visiting. That kindness seems to exude from all corners of her country… When I recently visited Calgary, Alberta, Canada, my Canadian friend, at my request, stopped her busy workday to take me to Banff. I don't ski or […]
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Osama bin Laden's 26-year-old son Omar wears dreadlocks and a biker jacket and tells the AP "there is a better way to defend Islam than militancy: Omar wants to be an "ambassador for peace" between Muslims and the West."
A group of women villagers on a remote island off Papua New Guinea have funded and built their own medical aid station after all local services had been closed due to lack of funds for maintenance.
Deciding she'd had enough at 250 pounds, Heather Davis took it upon herself to make lifestyle changes through regular exercise and a healthier diet to lose weight.
A marine gets a Thanksgiving package from mom on the very day of the holiday when he and his unit missed the special dinner prepared for the troops.
Sammy Gitau grew up in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya. As a teenager, he joined a gang, and became a drug addict. But a pamphlet in a dust bin helped turn his life around.
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