Charity News from Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2000ARC Expresses Sorrow Over Death of Staff Member in GuineaAmerican Refugee Committee | The American Refugee Committee (ARC) expresses deep sorrow over the death of one of its staff members during fighting in the West African country of Guinea. The latest fighting in Guinea has forced ARC to suspend its operations in Gueckedou, ... Jewish National Fund Appoints New Campaign Associate for Southern NJ and Eastern Pennsylvania Jewish National Fund | December 12, 2000 - New York, NY - Jewish National Fund (JNF) announced today the appointment of Lynn Norton Robins as the new Campaign Associate to direct fundraising efforts and set up a county board in the Southern New Jersey and Eastern ... News about Sierra Leonean refugees Mennonite Central Committee | Fighting in the West African country of Guinea, a host country for many refugees, may affect some Sierra Leonean refugees that MCC Manitoba (MCCM) is working to sponsor for resettlement to Canada. Until recently a relatively stable country, ... IVEP and SALT participants connect in Zambia Mennonite Central Committee | MCC's International Visitor Exchange Program (IVEP) is celebrating 50 years of bringing young people from countries around the world to Canada and the United States for a year of cultural exchange and vocational training. This year the couple is ... Duke Hosts Conference Evaluating Genetic 'Fingerprinting' Methods Duke University Medical Center | Researchers from around the world will gather at Duke University Medical Center to review and critically evaluate available methods for analyzing the large data sets generated from the latest genetic screening technology known as "microarrays." Releasing Study Data before Journal Publication Could Result in Incorrect Clinical Applications, Yale Researchers Find Yale School of Medicine | When results of clinical trials were revealed before publication in a peer-reviewed journal, Yale researchers saw changes in medical practice that were not necessarily applied to the kind of patients and settings described in the trial results.
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