Charity News from Friday, Jun. 15, 2001National Conference of Catholic Bishops Statement 'Marked Improvement' Over Fall ResolutionAmerican Jewish Committee | The American Jewish Committee described today's National Conference of Catholic Bishops resolution on the Middle East as a "marked improvement" over the Catholic organization's statement of last November. With the passage of time has come a ... Commission On Ocean Policy Unbalanced The Ocean Conservancy | Washington, DC - The Center for Marine Conservation along with nine other national environmental groups are very disappointed that not one representative from a national environmental organization was named to the Commission on Ocean Policy ... PLAN Promotes Child Survival Before U.S. Congress Childreach | On May 23, Ms. Adja Mbaye, National Health Coordinator for PLAN spoke on Capitol Hill at a Congressional Briefing entitled Safe Motherhood: Helping Mothers Survive Childbirth. The second congressional briefing featured Babu Ram Devkota, Child ... Senior Citizens In Desperate Need Of Flood Clean Up Assistace Neighborhood Centers | HOUSTON (06/18/01) - More than 200 Houston area senior citizens remain on a waiting list to receive help removing wet carpet and furniture, cleaning up mud and disinfecting walls and floors in the wake of Tropical Storm Allison. Volunteers are ... Fern Creek Watershed Protected Save the Redwoods League | Save-the-Redwoods League today announced the purchase of a beautiful nine-acre redwood grove adjacent to Jug Handle State Reserve. The League purchased the land to protect the watershed of Jug Handle Creek which is fed by Fern Creek. Transplanted Pig Islet Cells Keep Diabetic Baboon Off Insulin Duke University Medical Center | Duke University Medical Center researchers reported Friday that specially encapsulated insulin-producing pancreas cells from pigs have kept a diabetic baboon from needing insulin for more than nine months.
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