The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Oslo - Norwegian Parliament Speaker Thorbjorn Jagland was Wednesday named new chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee that selects the Nobel Peace Prize winner. The veteran Social Democrat has also held the posts of prime minister and foreign minis...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Oslo - Norwegian Parliament Speaker Thorbjorn Jagland was Wednesday named new chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee that selects the Nobel Peace Prize winner. The veteran Social Democrat has also held the posts of prime minister and foreign minis...
Mission & Justice (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
3/12/08; http://www.mmiets.org.au/ (3 Items) In a building near the Dili Cathedral, Fr Flavie Villaneuva SVD and Sister Wendy Mea OP work with a small staff in the Justice and Peace Commission set up by Bishop Belo after his Nobel Peace Prize. Their main current work is in “Active Non-Violence” where they work with 17 of the 23 gangs [...]
Accidental Sexiness (Free subscription) | yesterday
Alan Rickman and his gorgeous green eyes premiered his new movie entitled, “Nobel Son” in Los Angeles last night. In this new flick Rickman plays Eli Michaelson, who wins the Nobel Peace Prize for Chemistry as his son Barkley (Bryan Greenberg) find his life is in a major rut. On the Eve of the awards [...]
BBC News (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
A Nobel Peace Prize-winning economist is to receive an honorary degree from Glasgow University.
Palestinian Pundit (Free subscription) | 11/29/2008
Mairead Corrigan Maguire, The Electronic Intifada , 29 November 2008 The following is a speech delivered by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Mairead Corrigan Maguire at the seventh International Sabeel Conference in Jerusalem on 19 November 2008: "I am very happy to be here with you and to be invited to speak to you. I want to take this opportunity to thank Dr. Naim Ateek, and all those...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
Liberia: Ellen Extols 2008 Nobel LaureateIt is sometimes challenging, if not difficult, especially for ordinary people to pinpoint the contributions of multiplicity of actors who conduct both direct and indirect (behind -the- scene, multi-track diplomacy towards the resolution of nearly intractable conflicts.This is especially so for other conflict theaters as well as West Africa, a key zone...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has paid tribute to former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari for his efforts towards aiding Liberia's development. Mr. Ahtisaari, the winner of the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize, is in Liberia on a two-day visit to lend support to strengthening governance in the country.
The Prague Post (Free subscription) | 11/27/2008
... far too intimate a setting for a discussion with one of the globe’s foremost harbingers of world peace.As head of the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mohamed ElBaradei has the Herculean task of shielding the world from nuclear annihilation.Backed by a relatively modest United Nations budget, the IAEA is responsible for enforcing nuclear nonproliferation agreements,...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 12/02/2008
Warsaw - Some 200 youths from more than 20 nations visited the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz on Tuesday as part of an event marking the 25th anniversary of Lech Walesa receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. For us Russians this is important, because w...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 12/02/2008
Warsaw - Some 200 youths from more than 20 nations visited the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz on Tuesday as part of an event marking the 25th anniversary of Lech Walesa receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. For us Russians this is important, because w...
News Unfiltered (Free subscription) | 12/02/2008
Tonight, The National Defense University Foundation will present the 2008 American Patriot Award to The Honorable Dr. Henry A. Kissinger, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Former Secretary of State, at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center. Full release
IOL (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Democratic Alliance has echoed a call by Nobel peace prize laureates Desmond Tutu and FW de Klerk to President Kgalema Motlanthe.
Relief Web (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
"This convention will make the world a safer and better place to live." It was unclear how many of the 125 states that registered for the conference would take part in the signing ceremony at the Oslo city hall, site of the annual Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
"As King's influence spread, he met presidents, delivered rousing speeches, led a 250,000 peace march on Washington DC and even received a Nobel Peace Prize. But the law of sacrifice demands 'the greater the leader the more he must give'. During that same period King was arrested many times and jailed on many occasions. He was stoned, stabbed, and physically attacked. His...
