Download - Positive Stories from 2013
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Celebrating a few of the many positive stories from 2013
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Madiba says goodbye
Image: newagebd.com
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And The World celebrates his contribution to Humanity
Image: forbes.com
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Pope Francis is elected
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A Spiritual Leader who reaches out to us all
Image: mirror.co.uk
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Andy Murray1st British Wimbledon Men’s Singles winner
for 77 years
Image: telegraph.co.uk
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And first Scottish Winner since 1896
Image: radiotimes.com
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Chris Froome – First Kenyan to win the Tour de France
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And the second ever Brit
Image: onlinenewsunitedkingdom.com
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Child death rates reduced by almost half since 1990
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UNICEF report shows that significant progress
is being made to end child poverty
Image: eastlondonlines.co.uk
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Gay marriage laws appearing worldwide
Image: © Flickr member Elinor and Liz
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Including the UK
Image: thedatereport.com
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Olinguito - New “teddy bear” speciesdiscovered in Ecuador
Image: bbc.co.uk
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Olinguito no longer incognito
Image: smithsonianscience.org
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9 year old Asean Johnson’simpassioned speechhelps save his school
Image: blackyouthproject.com
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The next President Johnson?
Image: MSNBC.com
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80% of countries have increasedgender equality since 2006
Image: heartdiseasearoundtheworld.wordpress.com
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The gender gap narrows
Image: usatoday.com
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Uruguayans trade-in guns…
Image: smartplanet.com
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For Bicycles
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Rwanda elects a parliamentwith 64% of seats held by women
Image: twofortheroad.blogs.nytimes.com
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The highest percentage
in the world!
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UN Secretary General (the one on the left) declares first ever
International Day of Happiness
Image: m.ibtimes.co.uk
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First celebrated on 20th March 2013
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Wishing everybody a happy and positive festive season
John, Julie, Isobel, Jack, John and Ben xxx
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Lots of the stories were found on: Positive News | Inspiration for a change:http://positivenews.org.uk/
For the YouTube version with musical accompaniment go to:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3wl64AygVY