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How did your life collide with the headlines in 2007?
Iraq, the subprime crisis, Facebook, immigration, oil prices - 2007 had no shortage of hefty headlines. We'd like to hear about how these and other major news events of the past year affected you. Where did your life collide with the news in 2007?

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What Makes a Person Care About Someone Else? April 07, 2007E-mail this story E-mail this story
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This weekend is the 13th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, when over a million people were victims of ethnic cleansing and the international community was accused of not taking any action. We wondered what makes certain causes bring people to act, while in other situations people stand by and do nothing? Professor Paul Slovic from the University of Oregon says a person's actions may depend on how she focuses on the event.