The Politics Behind the Peace Prize
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Alfred Nobel created the peace prize more than a century ago, but it is the Norwegian Nobel Committee that decides who gets it.
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Nobel officials have received nominations of 167 people and groups for the 2007 Peace Prize, and more names are expected, the awards committee's secretary said Monday.
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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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The Norwegian Nobel Committee picked the  winner of the 2004 Peace Prize from a record field of 194  candidates on Tuesday with the U.N. nuclear watchdog and its  head, Mohamed ElBaradei, tipped as favorites.
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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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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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IHURURU, Kenya Oct. 8, 2004 - When Wangari Maathai got word she had won the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, she was campaigning to protect Kenya&#39;s forests and distributing food to villagers suffering from
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Yusuf Islam, the pop star formerly known as Cat Stevens, has received a peace award from a group of Nobel Prize winners. In a public ceremony, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and other Nobel Peace Prize
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Previous winners of the Nobel Peace Prize who were from Africa.
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Handicapping the race to lead the U.N.
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden  - In a tradition that has become as venerable as the 103-year-old Nobel Prizes themselves, the guessing game over who will take home the world's most coveted awards next week has entered full swing.
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OSLO, Norway The Nobel Peace Prize will, for the first time, be handed to an environmentalist. Wangari Maathai (wan-GAH&#39;-ree mah-DY) will formally receive the honor today in Oslo, Norway.
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The question comes up every year: Does the Nobel Peace Prize matter? This year&#39;s winner, Wangari Maathai of Kenya, is living proof the 103-year-old prize is an honour some people richly deserve.
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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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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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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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A distinctly African setting framed the award of this year&#39;s Nobel Peace Prize to the first woman from that continent to receive the prestigious honor.