The major Indonesian daily newspaper Republika reported on Rajmohan Gandhi's speech to the University of Muhammadiyah Prof. Dr Hamka (Uhamka) Jakarta, Thursday 11 March. Professor Rajmohan Gandhi, President of Intiatives of Change International, is on a ‘Voyage of Dialogue and Discovery’, which began last week in Jakarta. The journey will take Gandhi, his wife Usha, and teams accompanying them to countries in Asia, Africa, the Middle-East, Europe and the Americas, in his words, ‘with a hope for honest dialogue and a desire for collaboration’.

The Times' website, under its faith section, reports yesterday's latest launch of Michael Henderson's book No Enemy to Conquer at a Greencoat Forum in the London centre of Initiatives of Change. Under the headline 'Forgiveness is the key to bringing peace in Northern Ireland', Cheryl Gallagher reports Henderson's emphasis that 'forgiveness far from being just a personal or religious matter can affect the life of nations'.

The local press in South Australia recently picked up the community building potential of the Creators of Peace Circles. The following article from the Messenger Press, was sent in by Jean and Bek Brown who, with other friends, are currently running a number of introductory gatherings around their city of Adelaide.

Every weekday evening Channel 4 TV in the UK broadcasts a short three-minute film, under the series entitled 'three minute wonder', immediately after the main evening news. On Thursday 14 January, the 'three minute wonder' was about South Indian banker J S Parthibhan and his work to provide micro-credit to the villagers of Tamil Nadu.

Todos los días entre semana, por la noche, el Canal 4 de televisión en el Reino Unido, transmite un corto documental de tres minutos, en la serie titulada “three minute wonder” (maravillas en tres minutos), inmediatamente después del noticiero de la noche. El jueves 14 de enero, el documental fue sobre el banquero indio JS Parthibhan y su trabajo para ofrecer microcréditos a los habitantes de Tamil Nadu.

El cortometraje Dos hombres, uno de guerra, 33 años fue transmitido en el Show Anampour por la cadena CNN el 12 de enero. Este muestra el valor y el gran poder de perdonar de Muhieddine Chehab y Asaad Chaftari, uno musulmán, y el otro cristiano, quienes eran viejos enemigos en la guerra civil del Líbano. "Después de haber luchado en bandos opuestos durante la guerra civil libanesa, dos hombres se reconcilian abiertamente con su violenta historia", dice el sitio web de CNN.

The short film Two men, one war, 33 years on was broadcast on CNN’s Amanpour Show on 12 January. It shows the courage and great forgiving power of Muhieddine Chehab and Asaad Chaftari, one Muslim, one Christian, who were former enemies in Lebanon’s civil war. ‘Having fought on opposing sides during the Lebanese civil war, two men reconcile openly with their violent history,’ says CNN’s website.

The diplomat and former UN Special Envoy in Africa, is working on a draft declaration on human security, drawing on the resources of civil society, writes François d’Alançon in the French daily La Croix, November 27

El diplomático y ex enviado especial de la ONU en África, está trabajando en el borrador de una declaración sobre seguridad humana, aprovechando los recursos de la sociedad civil, escribe François d'Alançon en el diario francés La Croix, Noviembre 27

Today's Richmond Times-Dispatch carries a commentary by its president and publisher Tom Silvestri on the recent Metropolitan Richmond Day breakfast forum sponsored by Hope in the Cities. Under the headline, "Building Trust Comes From a Shared Narrative" Silvestri, writes that the event aimed to go beyond stopping at "who is right and who is wrong" in addressing "potentially explosive topics such as race relations, socioeconomic factors, and education problems."