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October-December 2000 (Volume 12, Issue 3)

  • In New Delhi, a search for the missing ingredient in international development
  • Perspective: Science, Religion and Development: Some Initial Considerations
  • In Tanzania, a school with a mission: to uplift girls and promote spiritual values.
  • Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity joins family of agencies at the Bahá'í International Community.
  • Bahá'í International Community launches News Service
  • UN General Assembly again expresses concern over treatment of Bahá'ís in Iran.
  • Review: Toward a new development paradigm -- The Lab, the Temple, and the Market edited by Sharon Harper.
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July-September 2000 (Volume 12, Issue 2)

  • At the Millennium Summit, world leaders uphold UN as key to peace
  • Perspective: Signs of Hope for the New Millennium
  • Religious leaders gather for their own UN Summit, also pledging to work for peace and tolerance
  • Reshaping "God's holy mountain" to create a vision of peace and beauty for all humanity
  • The Bahá'í Faith and its connection to Israel
  • Role of NGOs upheld at the Millennium Summit
  • Review: Community -- more than the sum of its parts -- Creating a New Mind by Paul Lample
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April-June 2000 (Volume 12, Issue 1)

  • At the UN, civil society representatives gather for the Millennium Forum
  • Perspective: Linking Rights with Development
  • Governments uphold fundamental rights of women at Beijing Plus Five
  • In Geneva, globalization debate dominates Copenhagen Plus Five
  • In Atlanta, USA, Bahá'í couples buck a trend of "white flight," consciously seeking to promote racial unity.
  • Review: "As if needles passed throught the fabric..." Years of Silence by Asadu'llah Alizad
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January-March 2000 (Volume 11, Issue 4)

  • Madame Rúhíyyih Rabbáni, leading Bahá'í dignitary, passes away in Haifa
  • Perspective: Religion and the advancement of women
  • Women of the world look ahead to Beijing Plus Five in June
  • In Botswana, a simple sewing club for women makes a big difference
  • In India, Bahá'ís pitch in after "super-cyclone"
  • Adib Taherzadeh, member of the Universal House of Justice, passes away
  • Earth Charter final draft issued
  • Mildred Mottehedeh, first Bahá'í International Community representative to the United Nations, passes away
  • Review: The Saddlebag -- A first novel weaves "an intricate Persian carpet" about a thief, a priest, and a saddlebag
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October-December 1999 (Volume 11, Issue 3)

  • In South Africa, the world's religions gather for dialogue and action
  • Perspective: The invisible new movement
  • In Atlanta, basketball helps get youth off the streets and into their studies
  • Second summit between World Bank and world religions focuses on projects
  • In Seoul, a global conference of NGOs focuses on forging deeper partnerships
  • The Millennium Forum refines its program and opens on-line registration
  • UN again expresses concern over human rights in Iran
  • Review: Out of Africa: a global mix of musical styles
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July-September 1999 (Volume 11, Issue 2)

  • In Uganda, community health workers effect long term changes
  • Perspective: The Need for an International Force
  • In Australia, an International Women's Conference charts new directions
  • Earth Charter process offers a model for global consensus building
  • Annual UN DPI Conference becoming an important venue for NGO networking
  • US Bahá'í community urges strong support for the United Nations -- including full US funding
  • US Bahá'í Leader Appointed to Presidential Commission on Religious Freedom
  • Review: Groovin' High -- From hothead to world citizen, a biography of Dizzy Gillespie
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April-June 1999 (Volume 11, Issue 1)

  • In Kenya, consultation and partnership are factors for success in development
  • Perspective: Writing our common future
  • At The Hague, civil society mobilizes for peace, calling for a "new diplomacy"
  • UN Commission on Human Rights again expresses concern for Iran's Bahá'ís
  • Millennium Forum to be held in UN General Assembly Hall
  • A "world-class" artist who straddles two worlds: painting and development
  • Relying on local resources, Matinyani women are a global model
  • Review: Riding the new wave of economic globalization
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January-March 1999 (Volume 10, Issue 4)

  • In Mongolia, community-grown vegetables fill a big nutritional gap
  • Perspective: One world, one currency
  • Dialogue between World Bank and world faiths sparks new approaches to poverty
  • UN Commission advances new machineries to protect women
  • Annual conference on development for the Americas aims at encouraging non-professionals
  • Millennium Forum planning structure set
  • Review: Transcending the barriers between East and West