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In paying for sex changes, Cuba breaks from past

Japanese dolphin hunters bitter as 'The Cove' wins Oscar

Frosty the cat survives FOUR WEEKS in a chilled food warehouse... by eating frozen peas

Removing Lymph Nodes May Boost Endometrial Cancer Survival

Bitter Melon Extract May Slow, Stop Breast Cancer

There's quite a story behind the Olympic flowers

Luciole Press is on hiatus until the next issue, to be published May 1 (important to read this)

The Healing Power of Herbal Tea

Great essay from Luciole's Emma-Jayne Saanen (send love to Dougal): "Would you lend a paw? Would you stop to help an injured animal?"

13 countries agree plan to save wild tigers

Incredible journey: How Baltic the scrappy dog drifted 90 miles on a piece of ice down a river and out to sea before being rescued

'Dogs of war' saving lives in Afghanistan

Stunning recovery: Haitian girl pulled from debris 15 days after the quake

Gene discovery may help guide breast cancer care

Entombed by the Haitian earthquake: survivor buried for 11 days in coffin-like space beneath the rubble

If smokers with cancer quit, they double their survival chances

Study: Fast morphine treatment to wounded troops cuts risk of PTSD in half

How to help survivors of quake in Haiti

Stem Cell Research Gets a Boost From Vitamin C

Afghanistan's first skatepark mixes rich and poor

Outdoors delight: Maine triples conserved acreage

Ultra-Orthodox Jews make rare visit to Gaza in show of support for Palestinians

Celebrate the new year early with the newly published Winter 2010 Issue of Luciole Press! Here is the Table of Contents

Indian tribes buy back thousands of acres of land

Pomegranate lotion offers new hope in war on superbugs like MRSA

Cat finds way home after 11 days, 2 broken legs

5 years later: Some struggles, a lot of hope, for tsunami orphans

Photos: Afghan children, refugees in Pakistan, play in their neighborhood of Rawalpindi

Uganda parliament outlaws female genital mutilation

Stephen King and his wife donate money so 150 soldiers can come home for the holidays

Photo: students in Massachussets light luminary candles to celebrate 2009 and offer hope for 2010

The Robin Hood Food Bank for New York City -- (4 million NYC residents experience difficulty affording food)

Under one Danish roof, humanity talks climate

From Luciole friend/contributor Geraldine Green: ~ Poetry In Aid of Cumbria Flood Recovery ~

Iraqi reunited with mother 20 years after Halabja gas attack massacre

Project C.U.R.E.: Delivering Health & Hope to the World (sending donated medical supplies and equipment to developing countries)

Photo: the world's largest fingerpainting, created on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities in India

Flash mob ballet for charity: 50 dancers from the Paris Opera Ballet astound Louvre museum-goers, leave behind slippers with children's medical charity address

South Africa to treat all HIV-positive babies

Broadway shows returning to New Orleans

Wrong Number Miracle: Mom was going to miss mortgage payment if she sent daughter food money; the stranger who took the call decided to help

Prison theatre drama an escape for Romanian inmates

Poem from Luciole friend/contributor Scott Wannberg: "my so called thanksgiving riff for 2009"

Alert from Luciole friend S.A. Griffin: Dairyland Greyhound Racetrack in Kenosha is closing, and the greyhounds need to be adopted!

Taiwanese fashion designer Colin Lin uses recycled paper in shoemaking

Photo: Palestinian girls release balloons with messages attached, during an event organized by UNICEF to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Quote from Thich Nhat Hanh

Quote from the Dalai Lama

Quotes from Victor Hugo

India to move all zoo elephants to wildlife parks

MIA bomb-sniffing dog found in Afghanistan after 14 months

Happy tales for some former fighting dogs

Is this the only white tiger cub in the wild? Newborn gets a bath from Mom in South Africa

Article: "Cervical cancer wiped out by pioneering use of 'amazing' osteoporosis and breast cancer drugs"

Blueprint of horse genetic code reveals remarkable similarity to humans

Quote from Oscar Wilde

Pakistan's fashionistas defy Taliban

West Africa's last giraffes make surprise comeback

To defang Taliban, some look to private schools: "the quality of public education is deteriorating day by day... when there's a vacuum of quality, someone will fill it"

Photo: a woman playing the part of an angel takes part in a dress rehearsal for a piece of rooftop theatre in Berlin to commemorate the 20th annivesary of the Wall coming down

Just watched the PBS broadcast of "Born Wild: The First Days of Life"... here is a video clip!

"Which hand do you want to lose first?" The inspiring story of Mariatu Kamara, who survived Sierra Leone's war

Twenty years since the fall of the Berlin Wall -- how Germany has healed the scars

Quote from Auguste Rodin

Genes key in compulsive urge to hoard

Ethel Smyth – a wrecker with a cause. "Jailed for her activities in the Suffragette movement, composer Ethel Smyth had no problem putting her beliefs into action"

Trailblazers: The early women aviators -- from the Flying Baroness to the Fiancee Of Danger

Prudence the runt piglet was saved from death and adopted by 6 puppies; she likes to play fetch with them

Kuwait grants women passports without spousal nod

Movie: Natasha Arthy's film "Fighter" (2007, Denmark). I really liked this film! I think the descriptions do not reveal the depth of the rich character/culture relations in this movie. Great action as well.

Quote from Anne Sexton

Green tea may curb risk of blood and lymph system cancers

Sidewalks, parks, farm markets cut diabetes risk

Another posted reminder: If you are in Los Angeles, please see Luciole friends David Smith, Ellyn Maybe, S.A. Griffin, and Scott Wannberg at Beyond Baroque today!

Wish I could be there David, Scott and S.A.! Reminder, their reading (and book signing for David and Scott) will be today, Oct. 10th, at Skylight Books

Study links virus to chronic fatigue syndrome

Thanks so much to Luciole contributor Christine McClintock for sending me this lovely video!

Nobel Peace Prize may return to activist roots. UPDATE: In a surprise, Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize

REMINDER! Message from David Smith. Catch David, Scott Wannberg, and S.A. Griffin on the 10th at Skylight Books, and all 3 w/Ellyn Maybe at Beyond Baroque on Oct. 11th

Many thanks to S.A. Griffin (Pa T) for sending me the best birthday cake ever. You had me laughing very loudly... :):)

Happy second birthday to Luciole Press! Thank you so much to everyone. Here are some lovely b-day tributes from Scott Wannberg, David Smith, and S.A. Griffin

Congrats to Luciole friend and contributor S.A. Griffin, whose work is in the new anthology: "Mezcla: Art & Writing from the Tumblewords Project." He has an extensive reading schedule -- catch him live!

One of my favorite articles ever: Love between German and Pole survives Iron Curtain -- for five decades, Elvira Profe kept Fortunat Mackiewicz's picture in her wallet

Press Release: Luciole's Dena Rash Guzman will be reading with Sister Spit this Sunday, October 4th, in Las Vegas. Rock on, Dena! ;)

Quotes from John Muir

Excerpt from a short story by Jeanette Winterson, in response to the climate crisis

A world first: Vaccine helps prevent HIV infection

Videos: Luciole Press friend and contributor Graywolf interviewed by Roberta Weighill for AIM TV (American Indian Movement Santa Barbara)

Key master gene that can KILL cancer identified by British scientists

Happy Labor of Love: The new Autumn 2009 Issue of Luciole Press is now published -- celebrating our 2nd Anniversary --

From Georgia Griffin: a poster to help find a missing dog in San Francisco -- Lucy -- she disappeared in Dolores Park Sept. 1st, and needs medicine

Plus-size model Crystal Renn is comfortable in her own skin, and author of "Hungry: A Young Model's Story of Appetite, Ambition and the Ultimate Embrace of Curves"

Colon Cancer Stopped in Its Tracks in Swiss Study

"His Name Might Be Tommy" -- a message from NativeProgress.org. Please donate what you can for the children at the General Beadle Community School!

History: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, "Declaration of Rights and Sentiments" at the Seneca Falls Convention

Photos: Tamarin monkey twins Lara and Lucy at the Denver Zoo. They were orphaned at the age of 3 weeks, when their mother died of cancer

Incredible images from the TV show "Big Cat Diary"

Scientists make "sugar bug" drug for bowel disease

Any readers in England that can adopt some very lovely kitties? "Crisis at rescue centre as Britons turn their backs on cats"

Another poem by Jane Kenyon: "Happiness"