Positive News Update 1-17-06
INTERNATIONAL NEWS:
Brazil: Settling debt to the IMF
will allow more social projects
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has
said that by settling the country's debt with the
International Monetary Fund, Brazil will be able
to put the millions of dollars saved in interest
payments into social, educational, and health
programmes, as well as into highways and
civil construction.
Israel: Acting Prime Minister seeks to
begin work on peace with Palestine
Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said
in his first policy statement today that he hopes
to start working on a final peace settlement with
the Palestinians after Israel's March elections,
and hinted that Palestinians in Jerusalem might
not always be under Israeli rule.
Thailand: Southern army chief and
new Muslim religious leaders meet
for peace talks
Lt. Gen. Ongkorn Thongprasom, Royal Thai
Southern Army commander, and 92 newly-
appointed Muslim religious leaders and Islamic
committee members from Thailand's southern
provinces convened together for a peace-building
conference.
US NEWS
Poll: Most Americans see significant
racial progress
An AP-Ipsos poll has found that most Americans
believe that there has been significant progress
in achieving racial equality in the US, although
African Americans are more skeptical.
An authority in the area noted that progress
in the last 50 years had been great, but intermittant.
Schools offer healthier
vegetarian lunches
For years, school cafeterias in the US have offered
vegetarian lunches, but the food was often bland
and greasy.
Student demand, concerns over the obesity rate in
US children, and commitment to giving students the
building blocks for academic excellence have prompted
changes in the direction of proper meal nourishment
in some US schools.
For years, school cafeterias have tried to please students
with vegetarian offerings. The American School Food
Service Association says more than a third of U.S. high
schools have meatless items that include salads and
cheese pizza.
However, a new trend—vegetarian-only lunch lines—has
started in the unlikeliest of places—the South, home of
the ``Stroke Belt,'' long known for its trademark fried
and fatty foods and higher rates of heart attacks and
strokes than other parts of the country.
In the middle of a national obesity epidemic in which
up to 30 percent of U.S. children are overweight or obese,
these healthier lunches are just one way to have a Positive
effect on the problem.
Brazil: Settling debt to the IMF
will allow more social projects
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has
said that by settling the country's debt with the
International Monetary Fund, Brazil will be able
to put the millions of dollars saved in interest
payments into social, educational, and health
programmes, as well as into highways and
civil construction.
Israel: Acting Prime Minister seeks to
begin work on peace with Palestine
Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said
in his first policy statement today that he hopes
to start working on a final peace settlement with
the Palestinians after Israel's March elections,
and hinted that Palestinians in Jerusalem might
not always be under Israeli rule.
Thailand: Southern army chief and
new Muslim religious leaders meet
for peace talks
Lt. Gen. Ongkorn Thongprasom, Royal Thai
Southern Army commander, and 92 newly-
appointed Muslim religious leaders and Islamic
committee members from Thailand's southern
provinces convened together for a peace-building
conference.
US NEWS
Poll: Most Americans see significant
racial progress
An AP-Ipsos poll has found that most Americans
believe that there has been significant progress
in achieving racial equality in the US, although
African Americans are more skeptical.
An authority in the area noted that progress
in the last 50 years had been great, but intermittant.
Schools offer healthier
vegetarian lunches
For years, school cafeterias in the US have offered
vegetarian lunches, but the food was often bland
and greasy.
Student demand, concerns over the obesity rate in
US children, and commitment to giving students the
building blocks for academic excellence have prompted
changes in the direction of proper meal nourishment
in some US schools.
For years, school cafeterias have tried to please students
with vegetarian offerings. The American School Food
Service Association says more than a third of U.S. high
schools have meatless items that include salads and
cheese pizza.
However, a new trend—vegetarian-only lunch lines—has
started in the unlikeliest of places—the South, home of
the ``Stroke Belt,'' long known for its trademark fried
and fatty foods and higher rates of heart attacks and
strokes than other parts of the country.
In the middle of a national obesity epidemic in which
up to 30 percent of U.S. children are overweight or obese,
these healthier lunches are just one way to have a Positive
effect on the problem.
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