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Afghan Students Receive Donated Supplies Afghan Army soldiers distribute donated school supplies to nearly 250 students of the Professional and Learning Foundation School for the Disabled and Girls. By U.S. Army Sgt. Phillip Chang117th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 14, 2005 — A pack of pink drawing paper, a set of multi-colored pencils and a backpack was all it took to put a smile on one student's face in Afghanistan. "While the Taliban was in power, girls were not allowed to go to school. The school was founded to help the disabled and girls get their education....

Students at the Gilgamish Primary Girls School proudly show off their new backpacks. U.S. soldiers from C Troop, 3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment and Iraqi Security Forces from the 3rd Public Order Brigade gave bags filled with crayons, pencils, writing tablets and other school necessities to 280 students at the school located near the Salman Pak district in Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 21, 2005. U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Adam Harris U.S., Iraqi Forces Deliver Donated School Supplies U.S. and Iraqi forces deliver school supplies to the Gilgamish Primary Girls School;the supplies were donated by the Poland School District...

This year's Defense Department fund raising efforts was a boon for the National Capital Area Combined Federal Campaign coffers. Thousands of military and civilian personnel made more than $13 million in donations to help their less fortunate neighbors and to support the community in the National Capital Area, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz told an audience today during DoD's CFC awards ceremony in the Pentagon. "That's a million dollars more than we donated last year, and it represents our largest increase ever," Wolfowitz noted. "What's more, we achieved 61 percent participation. Nearly two out of every three employees supported this...

<p>True meaning of giving ST. LOUIS (AP) — A divorced man donated part of his liver to his ex-wife earlier this year — at the suggestion of his new fiancee. Doctors at St. Louis University Hospital said the transplant may have saved Vivian Corrie's life. Corrie, of Troy, Ill., learned in 1995 that she had primary biliary cirrhosis, a genetic liver disease that can lead to life-threatening complications. Five years later, Corrie's brother discovered he had the same disease. Before he could receive a transplant, he died in 2001 at 56.</p>