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Bad-news Burnout Avoid the Overload!

Millions suffer fatigue from wave after wave of negative news stories. You can recognize the symptoms, and learn to resist them.

In a heartfelt appeal, UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake pleaded with the rest of the world: “I have read in the last few days a number of articles noting a decrease of interest in the Horn of Africa in the press and in the publics. This must not happen. We cannot let a kind of disaster fatigue set in…”

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A Look Back: The Death of Osama bin Laden Is America Back on Top?

News of Osama bin Laden’s death brought a gamut of positive reactions from American citizens: elation, quiet relief, emotional closure, boisterous celebration—and for a brief moment, national pride.

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International Desk: ...Dachau, Germany Have We Learned From History?

A trip to the former Nazi concentration camp is a sobering reminder of how inhumanely man can treat fellow man. Will we forget the atrocities of decades past?

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The Future of Russia Part 1

Twenty years after the Soviet Union’s fall, Russia remains burdened with problems. Its history, however, provides a clue to what is ahead for the nation.

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Why Extreme Weather Is Increasing! Part One

People the world over are recognizing that extreme weather is becoming normal. Disastrous weather worldwide has caused many to ask: What is happening? Why so much bad weather? What, if anything, is behind these events? Are they acts of God, cycles of nature, or mistakes of man? What does the Bible say?