http://www.globalgoodnews.com/global-news.html Good News From Around The World en-us Copyright Global Good News(sm) Service 2004 rss-feeds@globalgoodnews.com Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:04:11 EST Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:04:11 EST GlobalGoodNews.com In house http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss/ http://www.globalgoodnews.com/world-peace-a.html?art=12464822931219680 Arms control is at the top of the agenda for President Barack Obama's 2 1/2-day visit to Moscow starting Monday. Officials and experts on both sides say ongoing talks about a new arms control treaty might form the foundation of a new, less rancorous relationship between Washington and Moscow. Cuts in nuclear arsenals could also give the US and Russia added credibility as they try to persuade Iran and North Korea to abandon their nuclear programmes. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/health-news-a.html?art=12465473891609074 The European Union's health chief proposed on Tuesday that uniform laws be drafted for all 27 countries in the bloc to regulate smoking more strictly in public areas and workplaces. 'Each and every European should be entitled to full protection from tobacco smoke,' EU Health Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou said. Many EU countries have laws limiting exposure to second-hand, or passive, smoking. The rules are strictest in Britain and Ireland. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/business-news-a.html?art=12465574611707308 The Indian government proposed sweeping economic reforms Thursday and said growth could revive to as much as 7.5 per cent this year if the US economy bottoms out by September and the monsoon rains return to normal. Despite citing concerns about falling private consumption, the Finance Ministry was generally positive on India's economic prospects. India's sound banks, adequate foreign exchange reserves, falling inflation, robust rural demand, and strong agricultural production serve as 'shock absorbers' that could help spur growth, the report said. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/business-news-a.html?art=12465469531606150 All those strange-looking fruit and curiously sized vegetables will be back on EU supermarket shelves from 1 July after the European Union scrapped longstanding rules that control minimum size and shape standards for household fruit and vegetables. The Commission has sliced through the red tape to get rid of what it calls 'unnecessary marketing standards'. EU rules defining minimum shapes and sizes will be repealed for 26 fruits and vegetables. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/world-peace-a.html?art=12464818441214596 Northern Ireland's disarmament chief announced Monday he has witnessed a major weapons handover by the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), an outlawed group that terrorized Irish Catholics for decades. In his statement, de Chastelain said he and his US and Finnish deputies 'witnessed a major decommissioning event involving arms, ammunition, explosives, and explosive devices belonging to the Ulster Volunteer Force and the Red Hand Commando.' The latter organization is a small splinter group of the UVF. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/government-news-a.html?art=12464838401236806 Russia closed down its casinos overnight as gambling was banned nationwide. Vladimir Putin, now Prime Minister, came up with the idea in 2006 when he was President after the Interior Ministry linked several gaming operations in Moscow to Georgian organized crime. Though gaming establishments knew the shutdown date for at least a year, few thought the government would go through with it, but officials moved in overnight to close them down. Some addicted gamblers thought the ban might help them. 'Maybe this is all a good thing. I'm a family man and I come here every day and lose all my money. I'll be happy to see them go,' said a 40-year-old Muscovite. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/world-peace-a.html?art=1246426229785343 Canada's top benchmark exchange continued marching higher. A new Master of Education degree offered through the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI), is designed to begin filling principal's offices throughout the territory with educators who are members of the same community that they serve. This will help promote the teaching of traditional languages and culture. For details on these and other Canada news stories: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/science-news-a.html?art=12465466671602239 Buckingham Palace has announced that the annual Swan Upping, a tradition dating back to the 12th century which involves a census of the swan population on the River Thames, will be conducted by the Queen's official Swan Marker from 20-24 July. The Queen has decided to join her team of Swan Uppers for part of the census. She will follow them up the river and visit a local school project on the whole subject of swans, cygnets (young swans), and the Thames. 'Education and conservation are essential to the role of Swan Upping and the involvement of school children is always a rewarding experience,' Buckingham Palace said. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/government-news-a.html?art=12464659641023989 Indonesia committed to the conservation of its dwindling tropical forests in a multimillion dollar debt-swap deal signed Tuesday with the American government, the US Embassy said. Jakarta's payments to Washington will be reduced by $30 million over the next eight years under the US Tropical Forest Conservation Act, the embassy said in a statement. The Indonesian government will donate the money it saves to the charities Conservation International and the Indonesian Biodiversity Foundation, which will deposit the money into a local forest conservation fund. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/business-news-a.html?art=12465479751621282 US stocks rose on Wednesday, the first day of the third quarter, as investors took reassuring manufacturing data from China, Europe, and the United States as signalling the world's economy is on the road to recovery. A day after the S and P 500 wrapped up its best quarter in a decade, investors plowed new money into stocks, boosting growth-sensitive sectors like energy, industrials, technology, materials, and consumer discretionaries. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/government-news-a.html?art=1246390968516376 Dr Robert Schneider spoke recently about the current crisis in health care in the United States, which is directly related to the economic situation both in the US and globally. He cited three 'remarkable' reforms in health care, the US Food and Drug Administration, and the American Medical Association, which he sees as directly resulting the rising coherence created in society by the Invincible America Assembly Assembly in Iowa, USA. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/world-peace-a.html?art=124633115261875 Approximately 100,000 Maharishi Vedic Pandits are receiving training at 1,800 campuses in 150 cities throughout India. The Vedic Pandits of India play an essential role in the creation of permanent peace, harmony, and invincibility for the world. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/health-news-a.html?art=1246380717414034 Graduates of the Maharishi Light Therapy Practitioners Training Course in Holland were charged with bringing this profound knowledge about gems--'the most orderly structures in the universe'--to the whole world. They will enjoy the support of Maharishi College of Perfect Health, said Dr Walter Molk, Deputy Minister of Health for the Global Country of World Peace. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/health-news-a.html?art=12464628391003582 Category 1 Continuing Medical Education (CME) credit is now available for physicians taking the Maharishi Ayur Veda Health Professionals Training Course in July at Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa, USA. Participants will develop practical skills from the Maharishi Ayur-Veda health program for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease that can immediately be applied in practice. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/world-peace-a.html?art=1246378169356553 Many more people have been learning Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's Transcendental Meditation Programme in the province of Limburg, Netherlands--a result of increased media attention, as well as Teachers' focus on making information widely available about all of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's programmes. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/education-news-a.html?art=12464889221275392 At Maharishi University of Management, Iowa, USA, 296 students were awarded diplomas on 27 June 2009, including 46 undergraduate degrees, 245 master's degrees (161 of these from the Computer Science Programme), and 3 PhDs. Father Gabriel Mejia, a Catholic priest who directs 47 shelters for homeless children and youth offenders in Colombia and throughout South America, received an honorary doctorate in World Peace. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/world-peace-a.html?art=124629925142142677 Two hundred Vedic Pandits will soon arrive from India to contribute to the peace, harmony, and invincibility created by the Invincible America Assembly in Iowa, USA. This will bring the number of Vedic Pandits creating coherence in the heartland of America to over 1,000 and the total number of Yogic Flyers in the Assembly to approximately 2,000. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/world-peace-a.html?art=124623434541417932 Girls and ladies around the world can connect in the shared experience of their own pure Transcendental Consciousness--and in the expression of beauty, creativity, bliss, and divinity, which naturally pours out from that level--through 'BeDivine', the Global Mother Divine Organization for a new generation. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/health-news-a.html?art=1246379037375191 The graduation ceremony for the Maharishi Light Therapy with Gems course took place recently in MERU, Holland. Twenty-three course participants from 12 countries graduated and will be able to treat people in their own countries with this profound technology from Maharishi Ayur-Veda. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/world-peace-a.html?art=124632526912665 The Global Country of World Peace announces the annual grand global celebration of Guru Purnima--celebrating the eternal Vedic Tradition of knowledge. The full moon day of Guru Purnima will be celebrated in a global broadcast on 7 July. There will also be a four-day Assembly for Yogic Flyers, and Teachers and practitioners of Transcendental Meditation, at MERU, Holland, connected via High Definition TV Internet link with assemblies in countries around the world. Two-week national Invincibility Assemblies of Yogic Flyers will also be held throughout July to create coherence in Holland and many countries. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST