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Coventry Green Voice (Free subscription) | 13/12/2008
Given in Oslo, this past Wednesday, from Nobelprize.org: "Wars and conflicts are not inevitable. They are caused by human beings. There are always interests that are furthered by war. Therefore those who have power and influence can also stop them." "All conflicts can be settled, and there are no excuses for allowing them to become eternal. It is simply intolerable that violent conflicts defy resolution...
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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 10/12/2008
OSLO, Norway — Nobel Peace Prize winner Martti Ahtisaari urged President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday to start his term by giving "high priority" to the Mideast conflict, calling it the world's most challenging peace-building project. The Finnish diplomat and mediator also warned that the global financial crisis would strike hard at the developing world, and he called on governments to not...
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 12/12/2008
I feel both humility and gratitude at receiving this year's Nobel Peace Prize. It is the greatest recognition anybody working in this field can be given. What I am feeling now can only be compared with the joy I have felt when seeing the changes that peace has brought to the lives of people: when people who have endured wars and crises begin to build their lives in an atmosphere of peace – when faith...
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3quarksdaily (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
From CNN: A week of events to mark the presentation of the Nobel Peace Prize to former Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari continues Thursday with a stellar concert in Oslo to be shown live on CNN International. Actors Michael Caine and...
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 10/12/2008
Martti Ahtisaari of Finland — arguably responsible for negotiating more permanent peace agreements than any other person alive — is a worthy recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
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euronews24 (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
OSLO, Norway - Former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari arrived in Oslo on Monday for his Nobel Peace Prize ceremony and said he hopes the honor will increase support his own peace efforts and those of others, as well. The 71-year-old is scheduled
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Wild at heart (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
Finland got yesterday it's 3rd Nobel Prize as our ex-president Martti Ahtisaari received the 2008 Nobel Prize for Peace in Oslo. I feel happy and proud for that. He is propably the most underestimated Finn ever, my (previous) opinions included. When he was president we had plenty of jokes like "Ahtisaari is the only president you can see from Moon" - let's face it, he is huge and not the most...
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
Former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari arrived in Oslo on Monday for his Nobel Peace Prize ceremony and said he hopes the honor will increase support his own peace efforts and those of others, as well.
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Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
Former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari arrived in Oslo on Monday for his Nobel Peace Prize ceremony and said he hopes the honor will increase support his own peace efforts and those of others, as well.
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
Former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari arrived in Oslo on Monday for his Nobel Peace Prize ceremony and said he hopes the honor will increase support his own peace efforts and those of others, as well.
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BONJOUR L'ESTONIE (Free subscription) | yesterday
... All people in earth deserve peace without any problem of terrorism." He further said, “President Martti Ahtisaari, a former Finland President and a Nobel laureate said that peace is in our hands and in our mind. If we like to do it, we can do that. I believe in that. "I really hope that people must have much better life in the future. I hope that people in Sri Lanka too will soon start living...
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Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 24/12/2008
Wednesday, December 24, 2008 : This year, the Norwegian diplomat Martti Ahtisaari won the Peace Prize. But in this season of peace, we look at the eleven women who have won the prize. We speak to Anne Ruffer, author of Peace Women .
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Dr. Platypus (Free subscription) | 22/12/2008
Jim West links to an interesting article: Charles David Isbell, “From Yahwism to Judahism.” For a similar-yet-different approach to the same issue, see Tyler Williams’s summary of “The Exiled Gods of Babylon in Neo-Assyrian Prophecy” by Martti Nissinen.
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MobileMonday News (Free subscription) | 17/12/2008
President Martti Ahtisaari , who received the Nobel Peace Prize last week, will be supporting the efforts of MobileMonday to establish an African research program on the opportunities of mobility. MobileMonday’s CEO, Jari Tammisto , met Tuesday with Mr. Ahtisaari. Besides bringing the congratulation of the MobileMonday community on winning the Nobel Peace Prize, Mr. Tammisto also summarized...
