A Muslim woman, who grew up in public housing, was recently appointed Justice Minister of France. A success story of determination and hard work, she is considered a role model for other minorities.
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The Virginia Republican party voted overwhelmingly to reverse its December decision to place on their ballot a loyalty oath that would have required March primary voters to support the eventual GOP nominee for president.
What can we infer from last night's election results across the country? . . . Overall, voters punished elected officials for going too far and moderation ruled the day.
Hoping to inspire the youth of Canada to vote in the upcoming May 2 federal election, groups of university students in various parts of the country are injecting a little excitement into the process with their impromptu "vote mobs".
New York City billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg is funding the expansion of a pilot maternal health program in Tanzania that is predicted to help 50,000 mothers who too often die during childbirth.
At the Global Vaccine Summit in Abu Dhabi late last week, the world's two richest men made a bit of philanthropic history. Carlos Slim announced his foundation will donate $100 million to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, a new effort organized by the Gates Foundation to eliminate polio.
Volunteers from across the country are rebuilding oyster reefs along the Gulf of Mexico shoreline, hoping to revive oyster beds weakened by the BP oil spill and decades of overharvesting and human encroachment.
750 volunteers from all over the country descended on Biloxi, Miss. for the official kickoff to the 2006 national campaign, launching a full-day of Hurricane Katrina Restoration activites.
Twitter and Facebook users are harnessing the power of social networking to coordinate a massive clean-up operation in areas affected by the riots across England. An account on Twitter called @riotcleanup has so far attracted more than 70,000 followers.
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