30 Million Trees, One Peace Prize
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A Kenyan woman who has spent her life fighting for the environment of her home country won the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. Wangari Maathai (pronounced wan-GAH-ree mah-DHEYE) founded the &quot;Green Belt Movement
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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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THE NOBEL Peace Prize committee this year stretched beyond the political crises of the day to address two enduring sources of conflict: environmental degradation and oppression of women.
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The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Al Gore and to a United Nations panel for their work on global warming.
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[World News]: Oslo, Oct 8 : Kenya&#39;s environmentalist Wangari Maathai has won the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize &quot;for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace,&quot; the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced Friday.
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Nobel Peace Prize winner, Kenyan ecologist Wangari Maathai, 64, who on Friday accepted the award in Oslo with a speech lauding a clean, sustainable environment as a key to peace, has spent much of her life defending Africa&#39;s forests.
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JOHANNESBURG -- Kenyan activist Wangari Maathai, who launched a powerful grass-roots environmental movement nearly 30 years ago by planting trees in her backyard, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize yesterday for work that also involved empowering women and fighting government corruption.
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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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Wangari Maathai of Kenya won this year&#39;s Nobel Peace Prize for her work to promote democracy, protect the environment and improve social conditions in Africa, said the Norwegian Nobel Committee.
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Previous winners of the Nobel Peace Prize who were from Africa.
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Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai said she hopes being the first environmentalist to win the prize will help others understand that the struggle to protect the Earth's resources is linked to the promotion of peace.
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Kenyan environmental activist Wangari Maathai, who Wednesday became the first-ever African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, has worked for decades to protect Africa&#39;s dwindling forests.
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Environmental activist and deputy minister of Kenya, Wangri Maathai, won this year&#39;s Nobel Peace Prize. She is the first African lady to obtain this rare honour.
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Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari  Maathai dismissed critics on Thursday who say ecology has too  little to do with peace to merit the award. She said most wars  are fought over natural resources.
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Former vice president and environmental advocate Al Gore is believed to be among 181 nominees for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.
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Latin America and other poor regions of the world will bear the brunt of climate change, a top official from the organization that shared this year's Nobel Peace Prize said Thursday.
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Crying with delight, Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai planted a tree to celebrate winning the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday and vowed to use the money