Obama School Speech Text Available Before Broadcast

The speech which U.S. President Barack Obama's is to deliver to school children on Tuesday is available to read on the White House website today. The speech caused controversy long before the details of it were...

Children say NO to war, violence and terrorism

Some 450 children from 28 Karachi schools signed an 'Indo-Pak Joint Signature Campaign Against War and Terrorism'. They made a Mural for Peace which will be put up in the Children's Museum for Peace and Human...

Pineau, Nut Butters & Chocolate: My 3 Prizes for Menu for Hope

With only 12 hours to go until Menu for Hope 5 closes its doors to your donations, I thought it was time for me after looking at offerings around the globe to refresh your mind about my 3 modest prizes.In reverse order let me start with My 3rd Prize for Menu for Hope 5 is a...

Make Last Week of 2008 an Orgy of Giving, Menu for Hope extended

With the wobbly economy, Menu for Hope 5 has taken a little more time to pick up steam. What is Menu for Hope if you wondered?It brings bloggers the world over who use their combined power to raise funds for the UN World Food Programme. In the past couple of days many people...

Epicurean Delights worth Trip to Australia for Menu for Hope 5

What is Menu for Hope if you wondered? It brings bloggers the world over who use their combined power to raise funds for the UN World Food Programme. After stops in Paris and on the West Coast, I continue my Menu for Hope 5 exploration. After seeing the embarrassment of...

2 Artisan Grab Bags, West Coast Prizes for Menu for Hope 5

What is Menu for Hope if you wondered?It brings bloggers the world over who use their combined power to raise funds for the UN World Food Programme.I mentioned France yesterday so let me jump to the other side of the country where Matt Bites who coordinates Menu for Hope 5...

Pakistani Schoolchildren make History for the Rights of the Disabled

After a year-long campaign spearheaded by the Children's Museum for Peace and Human Rights run in schools to not only put pressure on the government to become a signatory of the United Nation's Convention for the...

Five Children Die After Train Slams Into French Schoolbus

A train crashed into a schoolbus on the tracks in a region of France close to the Swiss border, killing five children and one adult on board and sending 30 others to hospital. 50 Kids were on board the bus at the time of the crash.The children were on a field trip to the...

'$100 Laptop' Project Teams With Microsoft

The One Laptop Per Child project has undergone all kinds of trials and tribulations, both in terms of its price and functionality, and its public perception.OLPC has long been wary of trying to integrate a...

Heathrow Terminal 5 song is web hit

Two British Airways passengers have hit back at Terminal 5 after they had a horrible experience at the airport, by making a video on YouTube that is fast becoming a hit. "Tim Soong turned to satire after BA...

2010 Olympics has Whistler residents concerned !

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorYou know it's funny, the 2010 Olympics, the Hype, the seemingly endless  amounts of  Olympic Committee money going to hire friends, family and assorted hanger...

Marvel joins forces with UN for comic book

Picture it: Spiderman and the X-Men are battling an international foe responsible for the deaths of thousands of people. They can't do it alone, so they call upon...the United Nations? Well, yes--at least, that's...

Beckham has 15.000 kids screaming in New Zealand

"Kids held up banners saying: "We love Becks" and "Go David Beckham," repeating the welcome that the star and his teammates received when they flew in Thursday from Sydney.Beckham said earlier that he was looking...

Uruguay buys first '$100 laptops'

"The first official order for the so-called "$100 laptop" has been placed by the government of Uruguay. The South American country has bought 100,000 of the machines for schoolchildren aged six to 12. A further...

Most Chinese children spent vacation online - poll

"The poll of 103 children aged 4 to 14 found that just 4 percent chose to do outdoor activities during the holidays and only 9 percent took part in summer educational camps. School began again across China on...

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