Nepal's new Cabinet on Wednesday matched communist rebels' cease-fire declaration and said it would drop terrorism chargesagainst them in an effort to end a decade-old insurgency that has killed 13,000 people.
Maoist rebels in Nepal declared a unilateral three-month cease-fire in response to recent democratic moves by the king to reinstate parliament.
Nepal's restored parliament voted unanimously in favor of reducing the king's power to that of a ceremonial figurehead with no control of the army. Tens of thousands of Nepalese celebrated in the streets when they heard the news yesterday.
Black rhino numbers are on the rise in Kenya after years of decline from poaching and habitat loss, up 20 percent over two years.
Unregulated hunting and exposure to disease from domestic sheep had almost wiped out the Texas bighorn sheep by the 1960's. Now, after years of restoration efforts, there are close to 1,000 thriving in the Western high lands.
Scientists have found signs of four Javan rhinos born in recent weeks in Indonesia, a surprising baby boom for a species that may be reduced to fewer than 60 individuals worldwide.
Researchers studying coral reefs in the Arabian Gulf have found encouraging signs that corals in Abu Dhabi and Qatar are regenerating and the entire range species may be re-established within a decade.
Scientists have the Earth's richest seascape thriving off Indonesia's Papua coastlines including dozens of new species like the "walking" shark that travels on its fins.
In the same year it stopped receiving global food aid, China emerged as the world's third largest food donor. Another success story is India's transformation from a recipient of food aid in 2000 to becoming the 15th largest donor to the World Food Programme in 2005.
The Russian president has approved the idea of offering large land plots for free to anyone who resettles to the Russian Far East to start a farm or business.
The percentage of Americans volunteering has reached a 30-year high says a new study fueled in part by the boom in teens pitching in for their communities.
In the fight against global warming, 320 mayors of US cities have boldly gone where the U.S. president would not -- into the forefront with 164 nations to embrace the Kyoto Accord and set targets that will lead to reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 2012.
This Hollywood superstar brought a crowd as he visited a sandwich shop that spends its profits on the homeless.
To get you off to a good start on World Kindness Day, we made a list of positive deeds and actions to brighten up the days of strangers and family alike.
Modern science discovers what Native Americans have known for centuries, a natural mosquito repellent you can grow in your own garden.
Scotland has become a Fair Trade Nation after achieving its target of having all six cities and 18 of its 32 councils garnering fair trade status. It follows Wales in becoming one of the first nations to earn the accolade.
Seabirds and reefs with feather stars and a large clam that can live for centuries are among the species that will benefit from 30 new Scottish marine protected areas, the most protected in Europe.
Skyler and Cayden are asking YOU how long you can go without using fossil fuels, so on November 30th... stop your engines!
Former President Jimmy Carter got a positive doctors' report and went right back to work helping build a house with Habitat for Humanity volunteers.
She started the movement for a woman's right to vote in the U.S. and should be on the bill commemorating the achievement's 100th anniversary.