Bangladesh Nobel laureate's political quest sparks debate
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The launch of a political party by Bangladesh's Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus has taken most politicians by surprise but is being welcomed by ordinary citizens desperate for change.
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Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh on Sunday announced the name of a political party he plans to form soon, saying there is no way he can stay out of politics.
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DHAKA: Bangladeshâs prime minister and her main rival are under pressure to set aside years of bitter feuding after a grenade attack on an opposition rally killed 20 people and triggered a week of violent protests nationwide.
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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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There is still five months left for the race for the Rashtrapati Bhavan to begin. But the political quarters in the capital are already abuzz with speculations as to who will replace President A P J Abdul Kalam as the First Citizen of India when his current term ends in July.
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Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus received the Nobel Peace Prize on Sunday and urged world leaders to get on with fighting poverty and stop wasting money on wars like the one in Iraq.
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Among those tipped to win the 2004 Nobel  Peace Prize on Friday are the U.N. nuclear watchdog and its  leader Mohamed ElBaradei, a Kenyan environmentalist and a  Russian anti-nuclear activist.
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Violence, sexuality and gender politics dominate the controversial writing of Elfriede Jelinek, winner of this year&#39;s Nobel Prize for Literature.
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CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh  - Bangladesh's economy is a picture of stark contrasts and so are the choices it faces.
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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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NAIROBI -- Wangari Maathai made a typically combative start to her first full day as a Nobel laureate yesterday, defending a recent suggestion that the HIV virus might have been made in a laboratory as a plot against Africans.
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An international delegation of experts led by former US senator Tom Daschle voiced concern over the voting process in Bangladesh, but said it hoped next year's polls would be free and fair.
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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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The Bangladeshi opposition says it is concerned over the health of a senior MP injured in clashes in Dhaka.
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The decision by the five-member Nobel Committee to award this year&#39;s Nobel Peace Prize to an environmental activist prompted some prominent Norwegians to criticize the selection
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OSLO -- Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus accepted the Nobel Peace Prize yesterday and urged world leaders to get on with fighting poverty and stop wasting money on wars such as the one in Iraq.
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Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus received the Nobel Peace Prize on Sunday and urged world leaders to get on with the fight against poverty and stop spending money on wars like the one in Iraq.