October 2008 |
Vol 3, Issue 22 |
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Malaysia Hopes to Be the World Capital of Peace |
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - "Space has definitely changed my view on life," Malaysian astronaut Datuk Dr. Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor told the packed and attentive audience at Kuala Lumpur's Bukit Jalil stadium at the Global Peace Festival Malaysia on October 19. "When I was in space, I felt very sad," he said. "I saw how small, how perfect our planet really is, and then I reflected on all the conflict and suffering we cause each other. I started to be more concerned about the suffering of women and children, and I decided I had to do something about it."
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Global Peace Festival Comes to New York |
New York, NY - The Global Peace Festival is hosting an interfaith, intercultural celebration in New York City at 7:00 pm on October 23 at the historic Manhattan Center at 311 West 34th St, one of the city's most renowned performance venues. The event will celebrate the unparalleled ethnic and cultural diversity of the nation's largest city and include entertainment by a variety of musicians and dancers as well as messages of peace from diverse faith traditions.
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Education, Service, and Sightseeing in Cote d'Ivoire |
Amanvi, Ivory Coast - On September 14, Religious Youth Service completed its second 2008 project in Cote d'Ivoire, held in Amanvi in the eastern region of the country. Participants from the United States, Benin, and Cote d'Ivoire gave 70 youths the hope of being able to attend school. As in all underdeveloped countries, especially in the more remote villages, school facilities are not in good condition.
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Promoting Peace in Germany at a Time of Globalization |
Stuttgart, Germany - "What are the values that promote peace at a time of globalization?" was the theme of a September 27, 2008 UPF conference in Stuttgart, Germany. The setting was the Bella Barba restaurant, whose owner generously offered the hall and all the facilities for free. While the guests arrived, Nenad Butic from Munich played a couple of pieces on the classical guitar to get people in the spirit for this peace conference. After this welcoming reception, the chairman of UPF-Germany reported about the interfaith network in Geneva, Switzerland, where there is remarkable progress in interreligious and intercultural networking with the goal of putting peace into practice.
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