Firefighters Get More Soothing Alarms
Apr 3rd, 2008 · Heart failure is actually the greatest cause of death for on-duty firefighters. A new alarm aims to ease one major source stress by waking up firefighters with peaceful sounds.
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'Soldiers' Looks at Children of War
Oct 21st, 2007 · Charles London's book One Day the Soldiers Came explores the plight of children affected by war. Young people from Congo, Thailand and the Balkans still suffer from emotional scars, but London hopes they will be part of a more peaceful generation.
U.N. Envoy Meets with Myanmar Leaders *
Sep 30th, 2007 · U.N. envoy Ibrahim Gambari spent the weekend in Myanmar in an effort to find a peaceful solution to the military government's crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators. He met with detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Sunday and separately, with Burmese military rulers.
Iran's Ahmadinejad Defends Nuclear Program
Sep 26th, 2007 · In a speech to the U.N., Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad defends his country's right to "a peaceful" nuclear program. He calls the U.S. a bullying, arrogant power that is misusing the Security Council.
Guatemala Holds Peaceful Vote *
Sep 10th, 2007 · Mostly peaceful weekend polling leads to a run-off election set for November between a former general vowing to crack down on crime and a businessman promising to alleviate poverty.
Violence-Plagued Haiti Sees More Peaceful Days **
Aug 1st, 2007 · Haiti has long been associated with political turmoil, kidnapping and violence. But with last year's election of a new president and a new U.N. peacekeeping mandate, things have begun turning around in the Western Hemisphere's poorest country.
Afghanistan Mourns King Zahir Shah
Jul 24th, 2007 · Afghanistan mourns the loss of its former king, Mohammed Zahir Shah, who died at age 92 after a long illness. Government offices are closed and flags are flying at half-staff for the man whose reign was one of the most peaceful in the war-torn nation's history.
U.K. Attacks Renew Calls to Ban Islamist Group
Jul 6th, 2007 · The recent attacks in Britain have renewed debate about banning an Islamist group there. But Hizb ut-Tahrir -- which seeks to end Western-style government in Islamist countries and return to the form of government set out in the Koran -- says its methods are peaceful.
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