Charity News from Thursday, Jan. 4, 2001UN Watch, AJC Seal PartnershipAmerican Jewish Committee | With the beginning of the New Year, UN Watch has become a fully integrated partner of the American Jewish Committee. The Geneva-based UN Watch was established in 1993 by Ambassador Morris Abram, former U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN in ... Volunteer denied entry into Thailand Mennonite Central Committee | Thailand -- Max Ediger, longtime MCC volunteer, has been banned from re-entering Thailand, where he works in Bangkok at Burma Issues, a human rights organization he helped found in 1989. Ediger traveled to the United States in December to meet ... Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve Announces Grant and Personnel Changes National Park Trust | Kansas, January 4, 2001 - The National Park Trust announced today that Project Coordinator, Bob McKeal of Strong City, Kansas, will be leaving the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in mid-January to become the Rocky Mountain Regional Coordinator... Switching on Two Genes Activates Significant Regeneration of Spinal Cord Axons Duke University Medical Center | In experiments using cell cultures and gene-altered mice, researchers have found that switching on just two genes can induce considerable regeneration of damaged nerve fibers in the spinal cord. ASPCA Launches Animaland Online American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | In celebration of the New Year and in honor of our younger animal welfare advocates, The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) launched animaland.org, a web site designed exclusively for children 7-12. Yale Study Clarifies When Bleeding in Newborns' Eyes is Due to Hemorrhaging at Birth or Possible Child Abuse Yale School of Medicine | A new Yale study may help to clarify whether hemorrhaging in a baby's eyes is due to child abuse or simply a lingering effect of birth.
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