Nobel Peace prize News

Liberian Nobel winners confronted thugs, killers

By theGrio

8:30 AM on 10/07/2011

MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Leymah Gbowee used different tactics to confront thugs and killers in war-ravaged Liberia...
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First African woman to win Nobel Peace Prize dies

By theGrio

9:09 AM on 09/26/2011

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Kenya's most recognizable woman, Maathai won the Nobel in 2004 for combining environmentalism and social activism...
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Achebe not celebrating Nigerian independence

By theGrio

1:12 PM on 10/20/2010

NEW YORK (AP) - Achebe, whose "Things Fall Apart" is regarded as the founding work of postcolonial African fiction, has long been in conflict with the Nigerian government...
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Obama honors Archbishop Desmond Tutu as he retires

By theGrio

10:22 AM on 10/07/2010

WASHINGTON (AP) - Tutu played a pivotal role in South Africa's struggle against apartheid, the now-abolished system of white-minority rule...
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Denzel Washington to host Nobel Peace concert

By theGrio

8:44 AM on 09/30/2010

OSLO, Norway (AP) - The 55-year-old American has won Oscars for best supporting actor in the civil war film "Glory" in 1990 and for best actor in "Training Day" in 2002...
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Iowa GOP: Obama's citizenship should be revoked because he accepted Nobel

By theGrio

3:13 PM on 07/29/2010

The Iowa GOP is calling for the "reintroduction and ratification of the original 13th amendment" of the Constitution which loosely claims that any American who accepts foreign recognition should lose citizenship...
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South Africa's Tutu to retire from public life

By theGrio

8:28 AM on 07/22/2010

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984, then used his new international stature to step up the campaign against apartheid...
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Barbershop Buzz: Michael Jackson's legacy, one year later

By Terrence Romney

7:27 AM on 06/24/2010

VIDEO - As Michael Jackson's fans petition to nominate him for the 2010 Nobel Piece prize, we asked the barbershops guys if he is one of the most influential men on earth?...
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Obama gives $1.4 million Nobel prize to charity

By theGrio

3:49 PM on 03/11/2010

WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama will give $200,000 to the Bush-Clinton Haiti Fund to help the country recover from the earthquake...
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Barack Obama statue attacked by Facebook critics

By theGrio

9:57 AM on 12/15/2009

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- A statue of President Barack Obama as a boy erected in a Jakarta park has been targeted in a Facebook campaign by thousands who say it should be removed...
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Obama accepts Nobel Peace Prize

By theGrio

10:20 AM on 12/10/2009

OSLO (AP) -- As Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday he said war is sometimes necessary but a resilient peace can be achieved if the world imposes...
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Nobel jury defends decision to award Obama

By theGrio

4:08 PM on 10/13/2009

OSLO (AP) -- Members of the Norwegian committee that gave Barack Obama the Nobel Peace Prize are strongly defending...
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President Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize

By theGrio

1:55 PM on 10/09/2009

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A beaming President Barack Obama said Friday he was both honored and humbled to win the Nobel Peace Prize and would accept it as a "call to action" to work with other nations to solve the world's most pressing problems... ...
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Kenyans celebrate Obama's win

By theGrio

1:20 PM on 10/09/2009

KISUMU, Kenya (AP) - Kenyan radio shows interrupted their programming and bus conductors shouted the news from the windows: President Barack Obama had won the Nobel Peace Prize...
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Obama does not deserve his Nobel Peace Prize

By Jason Ravin

11:50 AM on 10/09/2009

OPINION - The matter of international or domestic peace is the result of a body of work - not something accomplished in nine months.
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