Ban Ki-Moon To Address CTBTO 15 Year Celebrations in Vienna

The Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) cordially invites the media to its 15th anniversary celebrations on 17 February 2012 at the Vienna International Centre (United Nations) in Vienna, Austria.

Boulder International Film Festival: 10 films to watch

Fifty short and feature-length films will screen at the eighth-annual Boulder International Film Festival, which runs Thursday, Feb. 16, through Sunday, Feb. 19. Here is a snapshot of some of our favorite films presented this year.

A 21st-century love story

The Adams family—Jeff; Sonal, 14; Deborah; and Lily, 11—decorate their Christmas tree just days after Lily joined the family last year. Lily’s favorite gift was a Barbie camping set; for Sonal, it was clothes.

Buddhist Leader Calls for 2015 Nuclear Abolition Summit

In his 30th annual peace proposal, released on January 26, Daisaku Ikeda, president of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI) Buddhist association, calls for a nuclear abolition summit to be held in 2015 in Hiroshima and Nagasaki to ensure that the growing momentum toward abolition of nuclear weapons becomes irreversible.

Chinese New Year parade set for Saturday by Children of the World

As founder of Children of the World in 1996, a nonprofit adoption and relief agency based in Fairhope, Pat Lee annually organizes festivities for the Chinese New Year. On Saturday, children originally from China and other countries -- all-American kids by now -- will parade through downtown Fairhope with their families.