The BBC’s Children in Need charity donated £20,000 to an organisation that funded the propaganda activities of the July 7 bombers.

de Shan, an artist from the US, and living in australia has embarked upon a creative artistic mission - to complete 100 drawings in 100 days, (ending october 22nd 08), and they are to be exhibited and sold. a portion of the proceeds will go towards charity.

Miley Cyrus will join other femme musicians to record a single for charity cancer called "Just Stand Up".

Great Brisbane Fashion Event - best designers in Australia lots of free and charity events.

Luke's father wasn't symptomatic until just before he died from a heart attack two years ago at the age of 29. Luke's mother is participating in a 10km run for the CMA. One of the ways she can accept sponsorship is through this link, which sponsors her and sends the donation straight through to charity.Even if you can't donate, please digg.

Thousands of pounds raised by Britons for the BBC’s Children in Need charity could have been used to recruit and train the homegrown terrorists involved in the 7/7 terror attacks on London.

The state of Florida received some magic this morning when it Hurricane Fay was downgraded to a tropical storm, meaning that rain will still flood many towns, but the wind will not be devastating. As I write this post, the storm is actually just south of Orlando, where Jameer Nelson plays his professional ball. Lucky for him, he is hosting his Third Annual Building Magic week at Summit Sports Training Center in Villanova, PA and there is no threat of cancellation due to Hurricane force winds.

E ‘nonsense, for charity, and probably not very significant, however, remains an interesting experiment. Someone tried road to emulate a spot on Apple iPhone 3G and the result was very different from expectations.

London, however, does not enforce such a policy as far as I can tell. Most of those in need of charity would sit passively by the streets waiting for the occasional coin thrown into a cup placed in front of them. Some are a little more aggressive.

My friend Tony Pipa sent me this thoughtful reflection on international aid and international philanthropy. He delicately raises some key questions about the distinctions between them, intended and perceived, past, current and future. He lets me off the hook for mistakes I made in this post, and gracefully suggests my mis-application of language might be indicative of larger trends (which might be the case, or I might just have been wrong). In doing so, he raises the fundamental issues underlyi