Alison and Sam, best friends for the last 16 years from Bristol, England, discovered after Alison traced her birth mother and found out the name of her birth father, which was the same of her best friend’s. A DNA test confirm it.

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2 weeks ago, china, a country with over 300 million smokers, launched a ban on smoking in bars, restaurants and all public spaces.

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Jon Bon Jovi, originally from New Jersey, contributed this week a new homeless shelter for teens and young adults in Philadelphia.

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Few weeks ago, thousands of Macedonians took the day off  to plant 3 million trees in order to revive the nation’s forests after fires ravaged an estimated 35,000 hectares of greenery.

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A group of  wealthy New Yorkers  have sent a letter to the gov. asking to raise the taxes for the richest 2 percent of the state’s population.

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Newman’s Own Foundation awarded $1.4 million in grants during it’s “Over the Moon Celebration” and surpassed over $300 million in charitable giving. Newman’s Own was launched by Paul Newman over twenty-five years ago and is a leading premium food business. Every penny Paul earned from the sale of Newman’s Own products has been donated to thousands of charities around the world.

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A bus, which has been converted into a mobile farmers’ market by Mark Lilly and his wife delivering healthy, fresh food items to areas of Richmond, Virginia where these items are often hard to find.

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In Detroit, A new gym opened, this gym is for homeless men and women and it has some donated ping pong tables, treadmills and other equipment which was donated. In addition, 10 stationary bikes that generate electricity were purchased and the electricity produced from it goes back to the facility and reduces by that the electricity costs.

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Nathan Acker, an 88 years old man from Maine is volunteering for 23 years. Every Wednesday delivers  14 meals  and this week he has delivered his 10,000th Meal.

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Two brothers, who are living in a cave on the outskirts of Budapest, are in line to inherit $6.6 billion, after their grandmother, who they have never met, died. The brothers will have to  split this huge amount with a sister living in the USA.

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