Volunteerism

Volunteerism

• Peace Corps volunteer dies in Ghana

  A spokeswoman for the United States Embassy in Accra confirms that a Peace Corps volunteer has died in Ghana. Zainab Mahama declined to provide ... 

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  Bangladeshis turn rescuers after building collapse

  The heat in the rubble was sweltering. It closed in on his body like the darkness around him, making it hard to breathe. Working by the faint glow of ... 

• Mock Mars trek finds down-to-Earth sleep woes

  Astronauts have a down-to-Earth problem that could be even worse on a long trip to Mars: They cannot get enough sleep. And over time, the lack of ... 

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  NORAD says record number of calls to track Santa

  Most of the thousands of children who call the annual Santa-tracking operation at a Colorado Air Force Base on Christmas Eve ask the usual questions: ... 

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  Volunteers hand out soup to Romania's homeless

  Volunteers including Britain's ambassador to Romania handed out hot soup and clothing to homeless people in a city where an estimated 5,000 sleep ... 

• Swedish volunteer dies after Pakistan shooting

  Sweden's government says an elderly Swedish woman who was shot by a gunman while working as a volunteer in Pakistan has died from her wounds. 

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  Winter brings more troubles for displaced Syrians

  This tent camp sheltering Syrians uprooted by their country's brutal civil war has lost the race against winter: The ground under white tents is ... 

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  SKorea's porn fight 'like shoveling in a blizzard'

  Moon Tae-Hwa stares at his computer, dizzy and nauseous from the hours of porn he's viewed online while his wife and children slept. He feels no shame ...