Peace laureate urges end to poverty
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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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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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Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus, often called the banker to the poor, received the Nobel Peace Prize on Sunday for his efforts to relieve poverty as a cornerstone for building peace.
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The leaders of France and Brazil on Monday warned that poverty leads to violence and urged the international community to find ways to narrow the gap between rich and poor, casting a spotlight on the more than 1 billion people living on less than &#36;1 per day.
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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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The leaders of France and Brazil warned Monday that poverty leads to violence and urged the international community to find ways to narrow the gap between rich and poor, casting a spotlight on the more than 1 ...
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Tom Cruise and Oprah Winfrey are to host the annual Nobel Peace Prize concert in Norway on Saturday. Joss Stone and Andrea Bocelli will sing at the event in honour of this year&#39;s peace prize winner, Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai, 64.
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A summit of Latin American leaders in Guyana calls for more attention to be paid to poverty and social problems.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Prominent Palestinian  figures appealed Sunday for an end to violence, adding weight  to the election campaign of moderate Mahmoud Abbas to succeed  Yasser Arafat and launch peace talks with Israel.
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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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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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The world's media is urged to find ways of making the global battle against poverty more engaging.
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa  - 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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Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus was accepting the Nobel Peace Prize on Sunday saying he hoped the award would inspire more "bold initiatives" to fight world poverty.Comment
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The leaders of France and Brazil warned on Monday that poverty leads to violence and urged the international community to find ways to narrow the gap between rich and poor, casting a spotlight on the more than ...
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Nobel Peace laureate Desmond Tutu warns that "dehumanising" poverty could threaten South Africa.
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Rock star Bono urges Labour to "get real" and end world poverty in a speech to the party's conference.