Charity News from Monday, Mar. 13, 2000AJC Calls Papal ApologyAmerican Jewish Committee | The American Jewish Committee welcomes the formal call for forgiveness issued yesterday in Rome by Pope John Paul II, calling it a potential milestone in Catholic-Jewish relations. Rabbi Rudin continued: "The Pope's deeply personal words of ... American Refugee Committee Urges Congress, Presidential Candidates To Support UN Funding American Refugee Committee | The American Refugee Committee (ARC) today urged Congress to ensure that the United States stands by its financial commitments to the United Nations at a time of mounting humanitarian crises. The Administration has requested $739 million for the ... Genocide Trial a Reminder of Bosnia's Displaced People American Refugee Committee | The American Refugee Committee today urged the international community to remember the people of the Bosnian town of Srebrenica as a genocide trial unfolds at the International War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague. ARC's "Assistance to the Women of ... After the Floods: AmeriCares to Address Urgent Health Crisis in Mozambique AmeriCares Foundation | AmeriCares, the international and national disaster relief organization, announced today that it will address the urgent health crisis that has arisen in the aftermath of the devastating floods in Mozambique. "AmeriCares will work to fight ... Kelsey Grammer, Jane Seymour and Scott Wolf help raise half million dollars for Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation | Kelsey Grammer, Jane Seymour, Scott Wolf and Richard Kind all took to the stage to help raise the ante for bids during the live auction. Together the live and silent auctions raised $506,000, with the proceeds going directly to the Christopher ... NIMH Laboratory Chief will Deliver Final Mind, Brain and Behavior Lecture at Duke Duke University Medical Center | Leslie Ungerleider, chief of the Laboratory of Brain and Cognition at the National Institute of Mental Health, will discuss the "Cortical Circuits for Cognition and Awareness" in a lecture on Wednesday, March 23. Duke Study Finds Evidence-Based Medicine had Little Influence on Patient Care Duke University Medical Center | Researchers wanted to see if findings from an important trial on the best way to treat heart disease in diabetic patients actually changed the course of medicine. It didn't, due to physicians believing they knew the best way to treat their patients.
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