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Japan Mayor's YouTube Plea Gets Big Response for Isolated Residents Near Fukushima

After the Japanese government ordered the people of Minamisoma to stay indoors after the nearby nuclear plant started leaking, the 25,000 isolated residents who remained were facing starvation. The mayor posted a plea for help on YouTube and received hundreds of boxes of food from individuals, and truckloads of relief goods from nonprofit organizations.

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WWII Kindness Unites Japanese Boy With Grandson of American POW He Saved

A few months ago, the grandson of one of the survivors of the Bataan Death March traveled from Northern Virginia to Japan with an old photograph in his hand. It was a grainy picture of a young Japanese boy who helped save his grandfather's life.

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Americans Donate Over $120 Million to American Red Cross to Assist Japan

The American Red Cross announced that the public has generously donated $120.5 million to help the people of Japan following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. "The American public and we at the American Red Cross have not forgotten the generosity of the Japanese people when we suffered tremendous loss after the 9/11 attacks and, more recently, after Hurricane Katrina.

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Happiness Movement Launches This Week in Britain

A growing band of British economists, politicians and academics is thinking seriously about happiness — and they are putting theory into practice by starting a "mass movement for a happier society." Action for Happiness launched Tuesday in London, encouraging hugging, meditation and random acts of kindness.

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She Wants Students to Take a Year Off to Do Good in the World

Volunteering abroad between high school and college helps students learn teamwork and build leadership skills, says Abigail Falik who has launched a non-profit called Global Citizen Year.

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From Victim to Survivor: a Foundation for Peace

In this third article on the consequences of terrorism, Colin Parry, Founder and Director of the Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Foundation for Peace, shares his story of loss and how it inspired him to help other victims of terrorism.

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How Politicians Overcame Partisan Divide To Pull A Prank (Video)

Oregon lawmakers from both sides of the aisle included snippets from the song lyrics to Never Gonna Give You Up into their speeches on the House floor and then stitched them together to make a video for April Fool's Day.

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Why It's A Great Time To Be An Entrepreneur

More and more, young women are not only starting their own businesses, but they are also achieving enormous success doing so. Take recent start-ups like Her Campus, Rent the Runway, and LearnVest: all three lucrative businesses were founded by women in their early twenties.