All Africa (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has lauded the decision by anti-apartheid icon and former president of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, the Rev. Allan Boesak to quit politics and join "God's party".
IOL (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has commended the government's decision to cancel an order for military aircraft.
IOL (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu on Tuesday welcomed a decision by cleric Allan Boesak to quit opposition party COPE and join "God's party".
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Dr Linda-Gail Bekker of the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre at the University of Cape Town was awarded the £60,000 Royal Society Pfizer Award at a ceremony in London this week.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Brussels - The European Union is fiddling while the world's climate burns, South African Nobel Peace prize winner Desmond Tutu said in a strongly-worded open letter Thursday as EU leaders opened a summit in Brussels. Around the world, hope of a fair...
Booker Rising (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
The libertarian economics professor opines : "When I heard that Obama was selected for this year's Nobel Laureate, I felt a bit embarrassed for him, and given his comment in the Rose Garden, he must have felt a bit embarrassed as well. He said, 'To be honest, I do not feel that I deserve to be in the company of so many of the transformative figures who have been honored by this prize, men and...
Sudan Watch (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Source: US Department of State, October 27, 2009 U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration will travel to Turkey, Nigeria & Sudan U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration will travel to Istanbul, Turkey; Abuja, Nigeria; and Khartoum and Juba, Sudan from October 27 to November 2, 2009. Special Envoy Gration will travel to Istanbul, Turkey, to attend a meeting of the Elders, an independent group...
rediff News (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Eight Nobel peace prize winners, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa, on Tuesday asked China to end its 'repressive' policies in Tibet and expressed their support to Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama's efforts to achieve autonomy for his homeland. The support by Nobel laureates -- Jody Williams, Shirin Ebadi, Mairead Corrigan Maguire, Desmond Tutu, Rogoberta Menchu Tum, Adolfo Perez...
IOL (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Using a condom can be the difference between being alive and not being alive, says Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu during the first birthday of the Tutu Tester.
Bradwell Faith in Action (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
ECO-ESSAY COMPETITION • Are you a Christian? • Are you aged between 18 and 29 years old? • Are you passionate to make a difference in God’s precious world? • Would you like to be a part of one of the most significant events of our time? • Could you be an ambassador and champion in our Diocese of churches? “Yes!”.....? …then this Eco-Essay competition...
Judiciary Report (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
"Barack Obama's peace prize starts a fight" Controversy surrounding President Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize award continues, as numerous outlets around the world weigh in on the honor. The Times had a very scathing review on announcement. Barack Obama's peace prize starts a fight October 10, 2009 - Gasps echoed through the Nobel Hall in Oslo yesterday as Barack Obama was unveiled as the...
Seaspook's Rants (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
"Obama told reporters in the White House Rose Garden that he wasn't sure he had done enough to earn the award, or deserved to be in the company of the "transformative figures" who had won it before him." Oh, he deserves to be in the company of past winners such as Yasser Arafat, Jimmy Carter, Al Gore, Mohamed Elbaradei, Kofi Annan, Nelson Manela, and Desmond Tutu. While awarding...
Booker Rising (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Bookeristas continue to comment on Friday's surprise news: Hassan Nurullah: "Noblesse Oblige" The conservative Republican blogger in Detroit, Mich. opines : "Did you know that Mahatma Gandhi was nominated 12 times between 1937 and 1948 for the Nobel Peace Prize and never won. Let me repeat that, Mahatma Gandhi, 'the strongest symbol of non-violence in the 20th century' (as stated on...
The Reaction (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
By Mustang Bobby . In all the attention that the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to President Barack Obama is getting, it's easy to lose perspective. Right now a lot of the noise is coming from pundits who are still outraged that he won, even including some on the left such as Howard Zinn who think that by carrying on with Bush's wars, it's a cruel irony to award him a Peace Prize. The right, of...
even by a millimeter (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
In light of Friday's events, I've done a bit of research in regards to the Nobel Peace Prize. Stalin and Hitler were nominated, as was Gandhi. Desmond Tutu and Nelson Mandela have received the prize, as has Yasser Arafat. So maybe the seemingly haphazard decision to award Obama shouldn't be such a surprise. Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin were both nominated for the award. (Although the nomination for...
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