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Sat, 18 May 2013
(Photo: AP / Luca Bruno)Silvio Berlusconi aides' 'bunga bunga' trial: Ruby takes the stand
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi smiles before casting his ballot in a polling station, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, March 28, 2010...Full Story

Berlusconi   Karima el Mahroug   Photos   Sex Trial   Wikipedia: Silvio Berlusconi underage prostitution charges  

(Photo: AP / Virginia Mayo)En Garde!
Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde, right, speaks with Chief Executive Officer of the European Financial Stability Facility Klaus Regling during a meeting of eurogroup finance ministers in Brussels on Monday, March 4, 2013....Full Story

Christine Lagarde   Europe   Financial Crisis   Photos   Wikipedia: Christine Lagarde  
(Photo: AP / Susan Walsh)TOMS and Ben Affleck’s Eastern Congo Initiative collaboration
Ben Affleck, actor and founder of the Eastern Congo Initiative, listens to testimony during the House Armed Services Committee hearing on the evolving security situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012....Full Story

Ben Affleck   Charity   Photos   R D Congo   Wikipedia: Ben Affleck  
(Photo: Creative Commons / Kobrapower)Monica Bellucci shares insecurities
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Actress   Film   Hollywood   Photos   Wikipedia: Monica Bellucci  
Judi Dench defends drama school in row over advertising boards
Oscar-winner attacks council decision to order Central School of Speech and Drama in London to remove hoardings that support charitable work | Central School of Speech and Drama in London. Photograph: Alamy | Dame Judi Dench has come to the defence of the drama school w...Full Story
Web-connected libraries for Africa: the dream of digital knowledge for all
New venture Librii is seeking to set up self-sustaining libraries with internet access in poor and isolated communities | An impression of one of Librii’s eHub digital libraries based on shipping containers. Photograph: Librii | A decade ago, Brewster Kahle, philanthr...Full Story
A Life-Changing Trip
MY parents came from a working-class area in the north of England. Being bohemians at heart and wanting to follow the sun, they quit their jobs in London in the mid-1960s and moved to the Mediterranean coast. I was conceived on the Italian Riviera, in Lerici. My father,...Full Story
Doctors seek help to mend broken hearts
A simple swab can diagnose a Third World disease that's striking down kids from New Zealand's poorer areas. District Health Boards are using part of an extra $21 million cash injection to expand a programme in our schools to stem acute rheumatic fever - which starts as ...Full Story
Laws - the parents are the problem
OPINION: Most New Zealanders are long since over having any interest whatsoever in the Government's annual Budget. | It's rarely relevant, the headline policies have already been announced, and it reeks of geek and gobbledegook. | Sure enough, Bill English's latest...Full Story
Philanthropy is vital to a healthy Phoenix economy (Photos)
View slideshow: Philanthropy is vital to a healthy Phoenix economy | Ryan House is one of only two US facilities, which provide pediatric palliative care for families. These are friends, neighbors, co-workers, members of Phoenix communities, facing the emotional, physic...Full Story
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Sat 18 May 2013
P.K.'s Weekend Roundup: Last-minute around-the-Bay activities May 18 (Photos)
The Examiner Friday, Saturday & Sunday, May 17, 18 & 19, 2013 | San Jose – The downtown tasting room of Creekview Wines, Sherman Cellars, located in downtown San Jose is hosting a new release tasting for their new wine, “2009 Santa Clara Valley Zin”...
Burkett retires from job that was all smiles
Ohio Judy Burkett is retiring after 37 years of putting smiles on the faces of needy area teens. | Burkett, who turns 65 on Monday, is stepping down this month from the Beacon Journal Charity Fund, where she has served as executive director since 1997. | ...
Paul McCartney's 'Out There!' Tour Heads To North America
Huffington Post Paul McCartney is continuing his tour. | ORLANDO, Fla. -- Paul McCartney is kicking off the North American leg of his "Out There" tour in Orlando. | The massive production, which requires 31 trucks' worth of equipment, includes lasers, huge pyrotechn...
Steve Jobs widow: How is Laurene Powell Jobs spending her wealth? (+video)
The Christian Science Monitor For most of her 20-year marriage to Steve Jobs, Laurene Powell Jobs was content to be a behind-the-scenes philanthropist. Skip to next paragraph ...
Raha puts Saudi, UAE on top of the world
Khaleej Times DUBAI - The UAEs fame has reached new heights with a Dubai-based Saudi woman scaling Mount Everest on Saturday and three other Arabs, with links to the country, inching to reach the top of the world. | Mountaineering officials in Nepal said the 25-y...
Women who inspire
Khaleej Times DUBAI - Shopping out on a winter day in Kuwait was what changed American national Sheryll Maizras life. | Founder of mercy mission  Operation Hope, Maizra said she failed to recognise the needs of people around her in the initial years of her l...
Nixon, GOP clash over Medicaid, driver's licenses
STL Today Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon began his second term with ambitions to expand Medicaid coverage, cap campaign contributions and lengthen the school year. But those priorities ran into a wall of opposition from the largest Republican legislative majority s...
Astros and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas open youth baseball fields at Ingrando Park
MLB The Astros Foundation and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) celebrated the opening of three newly revitalized Houston youth baseball fields today at Ingrando Park, 7302 Keller Street. Astros Owner and Chairman Jim Crane joined BCBSTX Execu...
Cory Booker Fights to Restore Superhero Image
New York Magazine In December, the New York Times gave Cory Booker a taste of what he might face in a nasty Senate campaign, reporting that many in Newark feel he "has proved to be a better marketer than mayor." His onetime rival, Senator Frank Lautenberg, expounded o...
Anonymous Man Donates $25,000 To Humane Society Of Durham Region (PHOTO)
Huffington Post This week, an unidentified man redefined generosity by anonymously donating a large sum of money to a Canadian animal shelter. | According to Canada's Metro News, the mystery man dropped an envelope off at Ontario's Humane Society of Durham Region on...
16-Yr-Old Mother Musters Courage To See Her Siamese Children
Peace FM Online Mother of conjoined twins musters courage to see her children. The 16 year old mother of the conjoined twins born in the Central Region has finally mastered courage to see her children for the first time. | She gave birth through a caesarean session ...
Mother of conjoined twins musters courage to see her children
Joy Online The 16 year old mother of the conjoined twins born in the Central Region has finally mastered courage to see her children for the first time. | She gave birth through a caesarean session at the Cape Coast Metropolitan hospital exactly a week ago. | T...
Nixon, GOP clash over Medicaid, driver's licenses
San Francisco Chronicle JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon began his second term with ambitions to expand Medicaid coverage, cap campaign contributions and lengthen the school year. But those priorities ran into a wall of opposition from the largest Repu...
Louisville: Faith Festival Prepares City for Dalai Lama's Visit
Huffington Post Two weeks ago Louisville was aglow with parties, bands, parades, fireworks and bourbon as hundreds of thousands of people gathered here to celebrate the 139th running of the Kentucky Derby. As Kentucky-bred Orb made a stunning comeback to cross the f...
Pirates Charities partners with wheeling-based organizations to open the JB Chambers Miracle League Field
MLB Pirates Charities, the philanthropic arm of the Pittsburgh Pirates, has joined with the Easter Seals, Ogden Newspapers and other Wheeling-based partners in the development of the J.B. Chambers Miracle League Field. The J.B. Chambers Foundation, the C...
Finally, Proof That You Can 'Do Well by Doing Good'
Huffington Post The phrase "doing well by doing good" has been used, at my last unscientific count, roughly 38 trillion times. Yet despite the buzz, there's surprisingly little rigorous evidence demonstrating that companies really can make money by doing more good -...
Steve Jobs widow: How is Laurene Powell Jobs spending her wealth?
The Christian Science Monitor For most of her 20-year marriage to Steve Jobs, Laurene Powell Jobs was content to be a behind-the-scenes philanthropist. Skip to next paragraph ...
Best ice cream parlors in the world
Detroit Free Press Ice cream has an extensive, storied, and international history. While its place of origin is unclear everyone from the Arabs to the Chinese to the Quakers has been credited with its creation we know ice cream was reserved as a luxurious treat for...
New Social Media Campaign Features Stories Of Individuals Who Rejected Psychiatric Diagnoses
StreetInsider Campaign timed to coincide with rollout of American Psychiatric Association&aposs DSM-5 | Tweet Send to a Friend | SAN FRANCISCO, May 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Open Paradigm Project, in collaboration with MadinAmerica.com, Occupy Psych...
Secrets Revealed: Corruption, Money and Power In Washington
Huffington Post Money in politics corruption is universally reviled by the American public. It blocks progress on most issues, squanders billions of dollars from philanthropists and stymies the most skillful public interest advocates. It even drives issues like the ...
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