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Environmentalists around the world are holding their heads a little higher. Wangari Maathai is being honored for her work in preserving the earth.
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Human rights and environmental activists have hailed the award of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize to Wangari Maathai of Kenya as fitting recognition of the growing role of civil society
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Kenyan Deputy Environment Minister Wangari Muta Maathai has been named winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize, beating a number of much better known world names to the prestigious award.
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The 2004 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Wangari Maathai. The African native is an environmentalist and human rights campaigner.
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The Nobel Peace Prize winner links the pursuit of peace with environmentalism and a shift in humanity&#39;s thinking. BY DOUG MELLGREN.
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The Nobel Peace Prize has been given a new and important meaning for the 21st century. For the first time, the honor has gone to an African woman, and to an environmentalist.
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OSLO, Norway - Kenyan environmental activist Wangari Maathai won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her work as leader of the Green Belt Movement, which has sought to empower women, improve the environment and fight corruption in Africa for almost 30 years.    Maathai, Kenya's deputy environment minister, is the first black African woman to win a Nobel Prize in any category since the awards were first handed out in 1901...
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Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus, December 09. Yunus of Bangladesh, founder of Grameen Bank, has unveiled a bold vision for ending global poverty as he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.Comment
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OSLO, Oct. 8. - The Kenyan environmental activist, Ms Wangari Maathai, has won the Nobel Peace prize for her work as leader of the Green Belt Movement, which has sought to empower women, improve the environment
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Nairobi - The Kenyan press on Saturday unanimously hailed the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to environmentalist Wangari Maathai and called for a fresh look at ideals she had stood and made so much sacrifices for.
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OSLO - The Norwegian Nobel Committee has received 167 nominations for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize according to a preliminary count, 24 fewer than last year and short of a record 199 set in 2005, an ...Comment
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Bangladesh's Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank receive the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize.
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OSLO, Norway - Kenyan environmental activist Wangari Maathai won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her work as leader of the Green Belt Movement, which has sought to empower women, improve the environment and fight corruption in Africa for almost 30 years.    Maathai, Kenya's deputy environment minister, is the first African woman to win the prize, first awarded in 1901...
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OSLO - Kenyan ecologist Wangari Maathai, who yesterday received the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony in Oslo, said protecting the environment was vital to promote peace and democracy.
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Wangari Muta Maathai, founder of Africa&#39;s Green Belt Movement, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, becoming the first African woman to win the world&#39;s most prestigious civilian honor.
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By Sara Newman  Wangari Maathai, 66, the first woman in east and central Africa to earn a doctorate degree, received the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize for developing the Green Belt Movement.
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Nobel Peace show host Oprah Winfrey smiles in the Oslo Town Hall where Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai of Kenya is to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, Friday, Dec. 10, 2004.