African environmentalist wins Nobel prize
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Wangari Muta Maathai, the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, was honoured Friday for her efforts to help women, clean up the environment and battle corruption.
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Wangari Maathai, the Kenyan who created a women&#39;s movement which has planted more than 30m trees in 20 countries, became the first African woman to win the Nobel peace prize yesterday.
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Wangari Maathai won the Nobel Peace Prize today for her work as leader of an organization that has planted more than 30 million trees across Africa.
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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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Oslo - Kenyan ecologist Wangari Maathai will receive the Nobel Peace Prize for 2004 on Friday at a ceremony in Oslo, making her the first African woman and first environmentalist to receive the prestigious award.
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It was a year in which Kenya claimed its rightful place on the world scene. The first woman ever to win a Nobel Peace Prize in Africa was a Kenyan and the country hosted a meeting of the UN Security Council.
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The first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize accepted her award on Friday. She urged her audience &quot;to embrace the whole creation in all its diversity, beauty and wonder.
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The first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, environmental activist Wangari Maathai, received her award Friday to the beat of drums and
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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, the Kenyan firebrand who mobilized the women of Africa in a powerful crusade against deforestation called the "Green Belt Movement," will receive the Nobel Peace Prize for 2004.
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South African AIDS campaigner Zackie Achmat knows he's a long shot for the Nobel Peace Prize, but says his nomination is already a victory for the millions of people around the world battling the epidemic.
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Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai defended her selection as the first environmentalist to win the prestigious award, saying Thursday it would help others understand that the struggle for peace begins with protecting the
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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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Ecologist Wangari Maathai urges global action to save the planet as she picks up her 2004 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo.
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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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Calling humanity a threat to the planet, Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai urged democratic reform and an end to corporate greed after becoming the first African woman to collect the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.
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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.