Decent News, November 2001

Some of the more decent news in the world: hopeful, courageous, funny, or just cool. A few are not pleasant, but are stories I think need to be heard. The following are all LINKS to external sites. Some links (e.g., many boston.com) stop working after a few days; some do not. General News is the second half of this page. URLs are added when appropriate (not necessarily daily).

Responses to Terrorism

  • With tin-can satellite dishes, an ageless society watches an uncomprehending world AP at Boston.com, 11/27/01 Also: Women on Afghanistan's northern border break taboos to feed their families
  • Sailors say Thanksgiving prayers for oppressed in Afghanistan AP at Boston.com, 11/22/01
  • U.N. human rights chief calls for women in future Afghan government AP at Boston.com, 11/19/01 and Cherie Blair condemns Taliban mistreatment of women during rule of Afghanistan
  • One woman's mission to help youths from around the globe examine roots of terrorism at Boston.com, 11/19/01
  • Giving: A look at the state of charity in a year brimming with tragedy and compassion ... special section at the Boston Globe.
  • Residents relish end of strictures in Afghanistan. Boston Globe, 11/15/01
  • Aid workers' joy after narrow escape at CNN.com, 11/15/01
  • South Carolina students repay old NYC kindness at CNN.com, 11/14/01 ... latest on the 134-year-old firetruck repayment.
  • Khatami praises U.S.; says protests in Iran part of normal process AP at Boston.com 11/12/01 ... Iran sure has changed.
  • A Tough Job Just Got Even Tougher about being a flight attendant -- bittersweet. Newsweek at MSNBC.com.
  • After attacks, South Carolina children repay 134-year-old debt of kindness AP at Boston.com, 11/9/01 ''They gave us a fire truck [134 years ago] and now we're giving them one.''
  • The birth of Generation Why at the Boston Globe, 11/7/01
  • Greenery emerges from dust near Ground Zero at CNN.com, 11/6/01
  • N.Y. firefighter remembered who saved girl's life at CNN.com 11/5/01
  • Homeland defense has a foreign accent at the Boston Globe 11/5/01 ''It gives you hope that someday maybe we all really will be able to live in peace.''
  • Thousands fold sorrow, hope into paper cranes for victims of Sept. 11 attacks AP at Boston.com 11/3/01
  • The nation's latest anthrax victim an immigrant who lived quietly, touched many with kindness AP at Boston.com, 11/1/01

    General

  • Jews, American Indians, Bosnians help Rwandans come to terms with 1994 genocide AP at Boston.com 11/29/01 ... stark, nasty, but ... a very small step forward in dealing with the reality of human failings.
  • Scientists announce advance in converting waste heat to energy AP at Boston.com 11/27/01
  • Mixing faith, funds at the Boston Globe, 11/25/01
  • 'One minute you're leading a normal life. The next minute it's chaos.' Boston Globe, 11/24/01 ... why Nova Scotia sends Boston a Christmas tree every year.
  • A rare episode in Colombia's bloody war: unarmed villagers defy rebels, rescue police AP at Boston.com 11/24/01
  • Norman Granz, who helped bring jazz to the public and equality to the business, dies at 83 AP at Boston.com 11/24/01
  • Far from home, sailors videotape bedtime stories for their children AP at Boston.com 11/24/01
  • Entrepreneurs cook up business plans in food processing center AP at Boston.com 11/23/01
  • Pastor's lesson has spread to thousands at CNN.com 11/22/01 ... wow!
  • Man who aided Japanese detainees dies at CNN.com 11/22/01
  • Mary Kay Ash, founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics, dies at age 83 AP at Boston.com, 11/22/01 ... what a woman!
  • Homeless shelter welcomes gay congressman back as Thanksgiving volunteer AP at Boston.com, 11/22/01
  • Booming support for military overwhelms Adopt-A-Sailor program for Thanksgiving, AP at Boston.com 11/20/01
  • Satellite link connects dads on aircraft carrier with their new babies back home at Boston.com 11/19/01
  • Tiny 'smart bomb' can invade, kill cancer at CNN.com 11/15/01
  • Scientists find musicians' brains are wired differently, respond to music in unusual way AP at Boston.com, 11/14/01
  • Clothing magnate donating $150 million to Hopkins Cancer Center for research, families AP at Boston.com, 11/14/01
  • Doctors are surprised and pleased by flawless performance of artificial heart at 11/10/01
  • Recycling takes on new meaning at university at CNN.com 11/9/01 "We do know it is definitely cheaper to do what we're doing."
  • Online diary describes lonely plight of people with AIDS in China AP at Boston.com, 11/8/01. The societal reactions are not good, but this man's courage is.
  • San Francisco voters overwhelmingly approve solar power expansion, AP at Boston.com 11/7/01
  • Top student found inspiring words in poem, Ann Landers column in the Boston Globe, 11/7/2001
  • Poe, Longfellow letters to Massachusetts youth to be auctioned off AP at Boston.com 11/5/01. Not the sale, but the story of the letters. Someone dared to seek.
  • Heart recipient glad to get a second chance AP at the Boston Globe, 11/3/01
  • Veteran reporter who crusaded for equality for women dies at 77 AP at Boston Globe, 11/02/01
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