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Wednesday, April 24, 2013  Cardinal students Skyped with kids in Uganda Wednesday morning.

Monday, April 15, 2013  Dr. Grogg and Dr. Marberry share their medical mission experience with ATSU students.

Monday, November 12, 2012  Give children all around the world Christmas presents with Operation Christmas Child.

Saturday, March 17, 2012  Jason Russell, the most public face of Invisible Children, was briefly detained by police and hospitalized after witnesses saw him running through streets in his underwear, screaming and banging his fists on the pavement.

Thursday, March 08, 2012  A video about the atrocities carried out by Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army has become viral, racking up millions more views seemingly by the hour.

Wednesday, May 25, 2011  5th grade students at Ray Miller Elementary school in Kirksville are raising money for a water purification system for students in Uganda through Beads of Hope

Tuesday, April 26, 2011  Orphans thousand of miles away are benefiting from the helping hand of an organization here in the Heartland.

Monday, December 27, 2010  A leader of Somalia's Islamist insurgency threatened to attack America during a speech broadcast Monday.

Monday, July 12, 2010  East Africa saw the emergence of a new international terrorist group Monday, as Somalia's most dangerous al-Qaida-linked militia claimed responsibility for the twin bombings in Uganda that killed 74 people during the World Cup.

Monday, July 12, 2010  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is "strongly condemning" the explosions that killed more than 60 people, including at least one American, in Uganda on Sunday.