Nobel Peace laureate calls for a greener tomorrow
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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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When Muhammad Yunus travels to Norway to receive the Nobel Peace Prize Dec. 10, he will come prepared to fight for management control over a company he believes is sucking profits from the poor of Bangladesh.
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Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize Friday for leading a campaign to plant tens of millions of trees across Africa to slow deforestation.
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Former US vice president Al Gore is seen as a possible winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to save the planet from global warming, the head of the Oslo Peace Research Institute has said.Comment
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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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Climate scientists tell a Stockholm conference that greater efforts should be made to pull CO2 from the atmosphere.
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Professor and environmental activist Wangari Maathai from Kenya will receive the Nobel Peace Prize 2004 later on Friday. The Prize will be presented at the Oslo City Hall, by the Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee at 13:00 local time.
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The U.N. nuclear watchdog and its chief  Mohamed ElBaradei, a Kenyan environmentalist and a Russian  anti-nuclear activist are among last-minute tips to win the  Nobel Peace Prize Friday.
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Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner, Wangari Maathai, Monday spoke against widespread practices, such as forest farming, that, she says, are responsible for deforestation in her country.
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Q&amp;A: The Nobel Prize winner  -  and runner-up for TIME Person of the Year  -  talks about why it's hard to celebrate his honor
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WHEN Wangari Maathai got word she had won the Nobel Peace Prize, she was busy with the work that earned her the prestigious award - campaigning to protect Kenya&#39;s forests and distributing food to hungry constituents suffering from drought.
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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, better the environment and fight ...
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In the second part of a special report on Kenya&#39;s first Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai, religious writer Joseph Ngala recounts her environmental crusade through the Green Belt Movement and how a tree-planting campaign turned into a bitter
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No one was more surprised on Friday to hear from the Norwegian Nobel Committee than Wangari Maathai, Kenyaâs assistant minister for the environment.
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A Kenyan has become the first green activist to win a Nobel Peace Prize. Geoffrey Lean knows her well. Wangari Maathai - who this week became the first environmental activist to win the Nobel Peace Prize - was sunk in a rare moment of depression.
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Wagari Maathai, recipient of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize, has long fought&#151;and sometimes suffered&#151;to protect the environment and human rights in Africa. A journalist recalls an encounter with the Kenyan 13 years ago.
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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, better 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 since it was first awarded in 1901...