The Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday
Two Chinese dissidents have emerged as favourites for the Nobel Peace Prize in a potential embarrassment to China over its poor human rights record.
China Digital Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
Along with activist Hu Jia, rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng is also among the Nobel Peace Prize contenders. From Bloomberg.com: Gao Zhisheng and Hu Jia are deemed top candidates by Oslo's International Peace Research Institute, which handicaps competition for the award that will be announced Oct. 10. It's preceded by Nobel prizes ...
Queerty (Free subscription) | yesterday
"More than a decade after Desmond Tutu helped end apartheid, he shows no signs of slowing down as he turns 77 on Tuesday, and is still an outspoken advocate for justice in South Africa and around the globe. The retired archbishop will spend his birthday with fellow Nobel Peace Prize winner Jimmy Carter in Cyprus, [...]
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | yesterday
OSLO (Reuters) - Dissidents fighting for rights in China, Russia and other countries are among those tipped by experts and bookmakers to win the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize in the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Terry's LJ (Free subscription) | yesterday
Ig Nobel Peace Prize : The Swiss Federal Ethics Committee on Non-Human Biotechnology (ECNH) and the citizens of Switzerland for adopting the legal principle that plants have dignity. Reference: The Dignity of Living Beings With Regard to Plants. Moral Consideration of Plants for Their Own Sake .
Daniel Molokele (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Johannesburg - Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu said he would welcome the creation of a viable opposition in South Africa, after ruling party infighting forced former president Thabo Mbeki to resign, in remarks published on Sunday. The Nobel Peace Prize winner, who turns 77 on Tuesday, told the Sunday Times newspaper he was dismayed by the turmoil in the ruling African National Congress (ANC), the...
Mambi Watch (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
J ose Ramos-Horta is winner of the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize and current President of Timor-Leste. He spoke to the UN General Assembly last week (September 25, 2008) and addressed the US embargo towards Cuba. In his own words... -----[Excerpt from full speech( PDF )]----- Timor-Leste is a LDC [Least Developed Country]. However, the Almighty God has bestowed on us some modest oil, gas and other mineral...
Knowledge is Power (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
*face palm* [McCain] said he would involve former Vice President Al Gore in efforts to address the issue. “I would tap him, I would tap people who have been involved in these issues for many years.” McCain noted that he disagreed with the Nobel Peace Prize winner about nuclear energy but added, ” I have great respect for Al Gore. ” Best flim-flam man I ever knew…
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
Human-rights activists from China and Russia are considered front-runners to win the Nobel Peace Prize next week, while bettors are putting their money on an Italian, a Syrian or an Israeli for the literature award.
The Eagle World (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Human rights activists from China and Russia are considered front-runners to win the Nobel Peace Prize next week, while bettors are putting ...
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Some curious facts about the Nobel Prizes, which will be announced starting next week: A man's world: Less than 5 percent of all Nobel laureates are women. Only two women won the physics prize: Marie Curie of France in 1903 and American Maria Goeppert-Mayer 60 years later. Twelve Nobel Peace Prize winners were women, and the literature prize has been awarded to 11 women.
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Human rights activists from China and Russia are considered front-runners to win the Nobel Peace Prize next week, while betters are putting their money on an Italian, a Syrian or an Israeli for the literature award.
China Blog (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
It is exactly six months ago today that dissident Hu Jia was sentenced to three years in jail. His case has received much internaional attention and there is even speculation that he could be in line to get a Nobel Peace Prize, as Austin wrote earlier here. Sadly the reality is that even if he gets the prize, which will be announced in a week, it will make about as much difference to his situation...
Envirolink (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
The financial crisis has not hit the microfinance system, Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus said Thursday, as he called for tougher regulations to prevent such shocks in future.
ENN: Top Stories (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
The financial crisis has not hit the microfinance system, Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus said Thursday, as he called for tougher regulations to prevent such shocks in future.
