Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the European Union

The European Union has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize by the Norwegian Nobel committee which argued that the EU had helped transform Europe “from the continent of war to a continent of peace”.

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Three women receive Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo

The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize has been presented during a ceremony in the Norwegian capital Oslo to three women who have fought against dictatorship, injustice and sexual violence in Liberia and Yemen.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the president of Liberia, Leymah Gbowee, the Liberian peace activist, and Tawakkol Karman, the Yemeni pro-democracy campaigner collected their diplomas and medals at Oslo’s city hall on Saturday (photo, from bbcimg.co.uk).

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China angry over Nobel peace prize

The Nobel Prize committee in Norway has been criticised by China for awarding this year’s peace prize to Liu Xiaobo (photo, from aljazeera.net), a jailed Chinese rights activist.

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Nobel Peace Prize given to Ahtisaari

Martti Ahtisaari (photo), the former president of Finland, has won the Nobel Peace Prize, has announced the Norwegian Nobel Committee.

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