Yoko Hopes Vanunu Peace Award Will Keep Him Safe
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Veteran peacenik, artist and musician Yoko Ono has given Mordechai Vanunu a peace prize founded in her late husband's memory, an award she hopes will keep the Israeli nuclear whistleblower safe.
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Tokyo - The parents of a 24-year-old Japanese traveller who was kidnapped and beheaded in Iraq said on Sunday they hoped for peace in the insurgency-torn country and apologised for the trouble caused by the crisis.
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Yoko Ono, widow of slain Beatle John  Lennon, issued a plea for forgiveness to the world's suffering  people in a full page notice in Sunday's New York Times  entitled "Forgive us."
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More than two decades after his death, John Lennon is apparently still a threat to national security--or so the FBI still contends.
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Friends presented a $250,000 bail package Friday for Yoko Ono's driver, jailed after he was accused of threatening to have John Lennon's widow killed unless she gave him $2 million.
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United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon has  voiced concern about the safety of aid workers in Sri Lanka  after the murder of two Red Cross volunteers, his office said,  as Japan&#39;s peace envoy began a visit to the war-battered  island.
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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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Yusuf Islam is hoping fans will remember him with a smile. And   an open wallet.
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The Japanese city of Hiroshima marked the 61st anniversary of the world's first atomic attack on Sunday as its mayor renewed calls for a nuclear-free world and further support for aging survivors.
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Yoko Ono said hat she was still mourning the death of her husband John Lennon more than 25 years on from his murder.
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Singer Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, is to receive an award from Mikhail Gorbachev.
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Yoko Ono said she respects the New York state parole board&#39;s decision to deny her husband&#39;s killer parole. The board denied 49-year-old Mark David Chapman parole from Attica state prison Tuesday for the third time.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has sounded a note of optimism about peace prospects in the coming year provided Palestinians stop violence against Israel.
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Yoko Ono will unveil the Imagine Peace Tower in Reykjavik, Iceland, on Oct. 9, the date that her husband, John Lennon, was born in 1940.
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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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OCTOBER 5--For the third time in four years, John Lennon&#39;s killer was today denied parole. A New York State Parole Commission panel voted unanimously to keep Mark David Chapman, 49, locked up at the Attica
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Japan&#39;s armed forces must contribute to global peace to secure safety at home, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Sunday amid signs his government will extend an unpopular military deployment in Iraq.