Tunisian activists win Nobel Prize

Tunisian civil society groups won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for helping to create the only democracy to emerge from the Arab Spring, at a time when the country is under threat from jihadist violence. The Nobel panel said the award to the National Dialogue Quartet was intended as an “encouragement to the Tunisian people” and as an inspiration for others, particularly in the turbulent Middle East.

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TheCitizen

09 Oct

Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet wins Nobel Peace Prize

Tunisia's National Dialogue Quartet won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its contribution to building democracy after the Jasmine Revolution in 2011, the Nobel Committee said.

 

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The 2020 Nobel Peace Prize: Who Will Win?

The 2020 Nobel Peace Prize: Who Will Win?  The Citizen Daily

 

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NOBEL PRIZE : Of Gandhiji, GBS, Pasternak, etc... Nobel Prize ‘oddities’

One of the richest anecdotal sources is the Nobel Prizes ‘field,’ about which one can write volumes!

 

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Dewji Blog

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Malala, Kailash Satyarthi win Nobel Peace Prize

By Balazs Koranyi, Alister Doyle and Gwladys Fouche

OSLO (Reuters) – Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban in 2012 for advocating girls’ right to education, and Indian children’s right activist Kailash Satyarthi won the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.

Yousafzai, aged 17, becomes the youngest Nobel Prize winner by far.

Satyarthi, 60, and Yousafzai were picked for their struggle against the oppression of children and young people, and for the right of...

 

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BBC

Nobel Peace Prize for Tunisia mediators

The Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its role in helping the country's transition to democracy.

 

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BBC

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Africa's Nobel Peace Prize winners

How many Africans have won the Nobel Peace Prize?

 

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Malala’s journey from Pakistan to Nobel Peace Prize winner

It has only been five years since Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai wrote an anonymous diary about life under Taliban rule in north-west Pakistan.

 

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Nobel Prize Winning Physicist Philip Anderson Dies at Age 96

Nobel Prize Winning Physicist Philip Anderson Dies at Age 96  SciTechDailyPhilip Anderson, Gruff Guru of Physics and Complexity Research, Dies  Scientific AmericanPhilip Anderson, legendary theorist whose ideas shaped modern physics, dies  Science MagazineCondensed-matter physics pioneer Philip Anderson dies aged 96  physicsworld.comPhilip W. Anderson, Nobel Laureate in Physics, Is Dead at 96  The New York TimesView Full coverage on Google News

 

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BBC

Slumbering lions win top photo prize

A black and white image of lions resting on a rock outcrop in the Serengeti has won the 2014 Wildlife Photographer of the Year award.

 

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