Nobel Peace Prize
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President congratulates Kailash Satyarthi, lauds civil society role
India | Oct 10, 2014, 08:20 PM ISTNew Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee has congratulated Kailash Satyarthi on winning the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to abolish child labour in the country. Pranab Mukherjee said that it should be seen as recognition
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Pakistan president, PM congratulate Malala
World | Oct 10, 2014, 05:50 PM ISTIslamabad: Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Friday congratulated Pakistani girl child education campaigner Malala Yousufzai on winning the Nobel Peace Prize.Malala shares the award with Indian child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi,
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Malala, Satyarthi are true inspirations: Amnesty
World | Oct 10, 2014, 05:47 PM ISTLondon: Amnesty International Friday praised Nobel peace prize winners Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai for willing to promote the "rights of the world's most vulnerable children"."The work of Satyarthi and Yousafzai represents the struggle of
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India's Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai share Nobel Peace Prize for 2014
World | Oct 10, 2014, 03:10 PM ISTOslo: An Indo-Pak and Hindu-Muslim combination of Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai today shared the Nobel Peace Prize honours for 2014 for their work on promoting child rights in the troubled sub-continent. 60-year-old Satyarthi, who runs
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Dalai Lama urges Xi to remain 'open minded'
India | Sep 18, 2014, 02:37 PM ISTMumbai: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama Thursday urged Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is on his maiden official visit to India, to remain "open minded and realistic" so that he can learn from India.He
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B'day special: Sunil Dutt “ from 'Bollywood superstar' to 'Union Minister of India'
National | Jun 05, 2014, 11:50 PM ISTNew Delhi: As the adage goes -Only the forgotten are truly dead – and Sunil Dutt surely does not belong to the ‘forgotten' category. Sunil Dutt was a versatile actor, a philanthropist and a veteran
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OPCW awarded 2013 Nobel Peace Prize
World | Oct 11, 2013, 03:09 PM ISTOslo, Norway : The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has been awarded the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize winner for its extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons.The organization was founded in 1997 to work
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Mother Teresa's 103rd birth anniversary celebrated
India | Aug 27, 2013, 07:03 AM ISTKolkata: The 103rd birth anniversary of Mother Teresa was celebrated with due solemnity by the nuns of the Missionaries of Charity, a global Catholic order established by her to serve the needy and the ailing.Special
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European Union EU wins Nobel Peace prize
World | Oct 12, 2012, 03:19 PM ISTOslo, Oct 12: The European Union won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its efforts to promote peace and democracy in Europe -- despite being in the midst of its biggest crisis since the
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Clinton, Kohl, EU Among 231 Candidates For Nobel Peace Prize
World | Feb 28, 2012, 07:55 AM ISTOslo, Feb 28: A total of 231 nominees are up for the Nobel Peace Prize this year, the Nobel Institute said on Monday, with Bill Clinton, Helmut Kohl, the EU and WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning
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3 Women Accept Nobel Peace Prize
World | Dec 10, 2011, 08:31 PM ISTOslo, Dec 10: Three women who fought injustice, dictatorship and sexual violence in Liberia and Yemen received the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony in the Norwegian capital today.Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, her
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Three Women Win Nobel Peace Prize Jointly
World | Oct 07, 2011, 06:43 PM ISTOslo, Oct 7: The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded today to three women - Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen for their work on women's
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Dalai Lama To Retire From Active Politics
World | Mar 10, 2011, 08:46 PM ISTDharamsala, Mar 10 : Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama today announced his decision to retire from active politics, saying the time had come to be succeeded by a "freely elected" leader.The 76-year-old head of
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Wife To Meet Imprisoned Nobel Winner On Sunday
World | Oct 10, 2010, 09:00 AM ISTJinzhou, China: The wife of the world's newest Nobel Peace Prize winner is expected to visit him in prison on Sunday and finally give him the news of his award, a family member said Saturday
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Nobel Laureate's Wife Forced To Leave Beijing
World | Oct 09, 2010, 05:41 PM ISTBeijing: Chinese police have forced the wife of Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo to leave Beijing and are believed to have taken her to the northeastern city of Jinzhou, where her husband is imprisoned,
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China Protests Nobel Peace Prize To Jailed Dissident, Internet Censored
World | Oct 08, 2010, 11:45 PM ISTBeijing: Jailed political reformist Liu Xiaobo on Friday night became the first Chinese national to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, provoking condemnation from the authoritarian nation.The writer and university professor, 54, was honoured ''for
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Nobel Peace Prize For Jailed Chinese Dissident
World | Oct 08, 2010, 03:55 PM ISTThe Nobel Peace Prize 2010 was on Friday awarded to Liu Xiaobo "for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China".For over two decades, Liu Xiaobo has been a strong spokesman for
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One Year After Nobel Peace Prize, Obama Approves £39 Billion Arms Deal
World | Sep 14, 2010, 10:37 AM ISTUS President Obama is set to sign America's biggest ever arms deal. The Nobel Peace Prize winner has reportedly agreed to the £39billion sale of aircraft and weapons systems to Saudi Arabia, reports The Mail,
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Obama 'Surprised And Humbled' By Nobel Peace Prize
World | Oct 09, 2009, 04:29 AM ISTUS President Barack Obama said he was "humbled" to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize but said he was not sure he had done enough to deserve it. Less than a year after taking office,