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01
Jan
2012
How the Nobel Prize influence the success and happiness of the Swedish people

42 days ago by Henry Leong

Highly successful people usually started early in their life in their chosen field of endeavors. They are likely to have a influential figure as their models of success. The persons are likely to be their close relatives. Bill Gates father is a banker. Warren Buffret father is a remisier. Maradona g ...

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23
Dec
2011
REMEMBER AS YOU READ — IT WAS IN A SPANISH PAPER

51 days ago by ecofren

Something to Consider:The following is a copy of an article written by Spanish writer Sebastian Vilar Rodriguez and published in a Spanish newspaper on Jan. 15, 2008. It doesn’t take much imagination to extrapolate the message to the rest of Europe – and possibly to the rest of the world. REMEMBER A ...

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11
Dec
2011
Helen Mirren hails Nobel Peace Prize laureates

62 days ago by The Associated Press

BJOERN H. AMLAND Associated Press OSLO, Norway British actress Helen Mirren hailed this year's Nobel Peace Prize to three women as historic, but said Sunday it's shameful that so few women have won the award since it was created in 1901. Mirren said the award marks an "extraordinary moment in the hi ...

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10
Dec
2011
3 women accept Nobel Peace Prize

63 days ago by The Associated Press

BJOERN H. AMLAND Associated Press OSLO, Norway 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 on Saturday. Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, her compatriot Leymah Gbowee and Ta ...

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US envoy calls on China to improve human rights

63 days ago by The Associated Press

SCOTT McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING The U.S. ambassador to China on Saturday urged Beijing to improve its human rights record, pointing to imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo as an example where China falls short. In a statement released on the U.N.'s International Human Rights Day, ...

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09
Dec
2011
Nobel Prize shows women are leaders, winners say

64 days ago by The Associated Press

KARL RITTER Associated Press OSLO, Norway The winners of the Nobel Peace Prize vowed Friday to work even harder to make the world see women not just as victims of conflicts, but as leaders in efforts to resolve them. Speaking in Oslo a day before the prize ceremony, Liberian President Ellen Johnson ...

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08
Dec
2011
Nobel Awards 2011

66 days ago by admin

For Peace: Declaring women’s rights vital for world peace, the Nobel Committee awarded its annual Peace Prize to three indomitable campaigners against war and oppression. Africa’s first freely elected female head of State Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf shares the prize with compatriot Leymah Gbowee, who led ...

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07
Dec
2011
Nobel winner feared euro debt crisis a decade ago // politics

66 days ago by The Associated Press

LOUISE NORDSTROM Associated Press STOCKHOLM A winner of the Nobel prize in economics says that a decade ago he feared the euro would face problems because there wasn't enough fiscal coordination between countries to support it. Christopher Sims, who shares this year's $1.5 million award in economics ...

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18
Nov
2011
Mirren to co-host Nobel Peace Prize Concert // music

85 days ago by The Associated Press

The Associated Press The Associated Press OSLO, Norway Organizers say British actress Helen Mirren will co-host this year's Nobel Peace Prize concert, featuring performances by Benin's Angelique Kidjo and other world artists. The Dec. 11 concert is held a day after the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, wh ...

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