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 Sat, 17 May 2008 06:04:12 EST Sat, 17 May 2008 06:04:12 EST GlobalGoodNews.com In house http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss/ http://www.globalgoodnews.com/world-peace-a.html?art=12109668535183503 Senior officials of Burundi's last holdout rebel group returned to the capital Bujumbura on Friday to begin implementing a delayed peace agreement, while the group's leader stayed behind in exile in Tanzania. A delegation of leaders of the Forces for National Liberation (FNL) landed at Bujumbura's international airport, where they were greeted by diplomats from the African Union and United Nations among others. Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/government-news-a.html?art=12109438084970723 Indonesia does not need to build up a large and threatening military, and is more concerned with equipping itself better to respond to natural and man-made disasters, the defence minister said on Thursday. Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/world-peace-a.html?art=12108977794574356 The Philippine government and the rebel National Democratic Front (NDF) met in Norway for informal peace talks on 13 - 15 May, the first such meeting in almost three years, Norwegian diplomats said on Thursday. The secret talks, which were requested by both sides, were the first meeting between the negotiating panels since August 2005, the ministry said. Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/business-news-a.html?art=12108991974596301 High commodity prices and greater economic stability will sustain sub-Saharan Africa growth and render it relatively immune to a global slowdown, ratings agency Standard and Poor's said on Thursday. The agency, which rates 13 sub-Saharan African countries, said it expected prices to remain relatively high on Asian demand. Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/government-news-a.html?art=12109431074961346 A thaw in relations between Taiwan and China over the past decades has led to heavy investment in China from Taiwan. Lured by a common language, lower labour costs, and a potentially huge consumer market, investors have poured an estimated $100 billion into the mainland. President-elect Ma Ying-jeou, who won by a landslide election victory in March on an economic revitalization platform, is pledging to put in place direct weekend Taiwan-China flights by July and allow up to 3,000 Chinese tourists in per day. The tourism deal would open Taiwan to 1.1 million Chinese tourists per year and launch regular cross-strait flights, helping to jump-start the service sector. Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/business-news-a.html?art=12109441614977074 Most Southeast Asian stocks rose on Friday with Thailand hitting a six-month peak, and Singapore a one-week high, on gains in property stocks such as Land and Houses and City Developments. Singapore's benchmark Straits Times Index rose 1.06, Thailand rose 1.72 per cent, Indonesian stocks gained 0.78 per cent while Philippine shares edged up 0.06 per cent. Malaysian shares were up 0.5 per cent. Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/cultural-news-a.html?art=12108985774585760 Nearly 120 ancient paintings charting the life, struggles, and eventual triumph of the legendary Indian King Rama go on show to the public on Friday for the first time at the British Library in London, England. The highly detailed and lavishly illustrated pictures which date from the 17th century were formerly bound together in book form and available only for scholarly study. Originally comprising 400 paintings and 24,000 verses of text in Sanskrit, the pictures were bound in seven volumes of which the British Library has four and a half. The paintings, which originate in the Rajput court of Rajasthan have been removed from the bound volumes for conservation reasons. Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/business-news-a.html?art=12109549735090638 Construction of new homes posted the biggest increase in more than two years in April, a rare spot of good news in housing. The Commerce Department reported Friday that housing construction rose by 8.2 per cent in April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.03 million units. The growth came from a big jump in apartment construction. Applications for building permits, considered a good sign of future activity, also recorded an increase in April, rising by 4.9 per cent to 978,000 units. It was the first gain in permits in five months. Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/business-news-a.html?art=12108476564099873 Europe's biggest economy, Germany, expanded at a stunning pace in the first three months of 2008 and strong French growth showed the wider region began the year far outperforming a near-stagnating US economy. Many economists believe things have already started to slow and officials have acknowledged this, but official data on Thursday suggested mainland Europe's large economies were in good shape when the global credit crisis hit, due primarily to business investment. Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/world-peace-a.html?art=12108243253928043 Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Wednesday that progress was being made in US-backed peace talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and that 'hopefully' a deal would be reached this year. Prime Minister Olmert told an audience in Jerusalem that his country is actively seeking peace with its Palestinian neighbours. Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/education-news-a.html?art=120998902512367606 Hollywood film director David Lynch is traveling the US promoting his bestselling book, 'Catching The Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness and Creativity', which explains how the practice of Transcendental Meditation has helped his creative life. He is also working on his new documentary with Donovan and John Hagelin, and speaking about why he created the David Lynch Foundation. Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/world-peace-a.html?art=12107065092782175 Dr David Seymour, National Director of the Global Country of World Peace for Australia, announced the opening of a new Maharishi Centre of Invincibility in Adelaide, Australia. The inauguration took place during the recent global celebrations of Akshaya Tritiya, which is celebrated in the Vedic Calendar as the Day of Lasting Achievements. Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/world-peace-a.html?art=1210620550748387 A large summer World Peace Assembly in Fairfield, Iowa, USA was recently announced, with a goal of gathering over 2,000 practitioners of Maharishi's Transcendental Meditation and Transcendental Meditation Sidhi Programme, including Yogic Flying, in order to foster harmony and coherence in the collective consciousness of the nation and world, and culture a deep level of inner silence in the consciousness of each participant. Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/world-peace-a.html?art=120970756610400793 Filmmaker David Lynch recently spoke by videoconference at the Center for Korean Studies in Hawaii, USA. Mr Lynch discussed the benefits that Maharishi's Transcendental Meditation Technique has brought to his own life, and how it can create a peaceful world. Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/world-peace-a.html?art=12107748383445670 Following the traditional Vedic Recitation by Vedic Pandits in honour of Akshaya Tritya, the Day of Lasting Achievements in the Vedic Calendar--an especially auspicious day for starting new undertakings--the new home of Raja Harris Kaplan, Raja of India, built according to principles of Maharishi Sthapatya Veda (Vedic Architecture in accord with Natural Law) was inaugurated at MERU, Holland. Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/world-peace-a.html?art=121045964116467175 Canada to give additional $45 million in aid to UN World Food Programme. In the tenth month of the 2nd year of Canada's national Invincibility Programme, there continue to be indications of national consciousness rising to invincibility as evidenced by positive trends in the economy and other areas of national life, from the expanding groups of Yogic Flyers throughout the world. Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/business-news-a.html?art=121024604014584326 Washingtonian Magazine has given The Tower Companies (based in North Bethesda, Maryland, near Washington, DC, USA) its first Washingtonian Green Awards for being green-building pioneers in the design and construction of the world's largest Vedic office building. In addition, the Washington Business Journal has given the company a Green Company of the Year Award. Tower Company partner, Jeff Abramson, is a well-known practitioner of the Transcendental Meditation technique. Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/world-peace-a.html?art=1210628522825594 Maharaja Adhiraj Raja Raam, First Ruler of the Global Country of World Peace, concluded his address during the grand, global celebration on 8 May 2008 of the auspicious day of Akshaya Tritiya, Day of Lasting Achievements by pledging 'that every one of my intentions, feelings, thoughts, planning, be in that very simple guiding light of Maharishi to create Heaven on Earth'. Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/health-news-a.html?art=12106865182502642 On a recent Maharishi Global Family Chat, Dr Eckhart Stein, Director of Education for the Global Country of World Peace in Germany, spoke about new shops in Germany offering Maharishi Ayur-Veda products and holding lectures on Maharishi Ayur-Veda for health and longevity. Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/world-peace-a.html?art=121009795313396823 Maharishi Global Family Chat recently featured Dr Dominique Lemoine, National Director of the Global Country of World Peace for France, reporting on the success of a coherence-creating World Peace Assembly of Yogic Flyers held near the Brahma-Sthan of the country. During the course, Dr Lemoine made presentations on the construction of a Maharishi Tower of Invincibility and Vastu (Maharishi Sthapatya Veda) community to be built at the Brahma-Sthan. Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 EST