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    Oct 7, 2011 |Story| Petoskey News

  1. Nobel Peace Prize goes to women's rights activists

    <strong>OSLO, Norway</strong> &mdash; Africa's first democratically elected female president, a Liberian campaigner against rape and a woman who stood up to Yemen's autocratic regime won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in recognition of the importance of women's rights in the spread of global peace.
    OSLO, Norway — Africa's first democratically elected female president, a Liberian campaigner against rape and a woman who stood up to Yemen's autocratic regime won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in recognition of the importance of women's rights in...

    Tags: Nobel Prize Awards, Wars and Interventions, Journalism, Human Interest, Norway

    2. Oct 25, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  2. Imprisoned Russian entrepreneur puts pencil to paper

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    Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once was Russia's richest man, is now an inmate who has taken up pen and pencil....
    3. Nov 2, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  3. Turkish publisher's arrest sparks outcry

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    Ragip Zarakolu, head of Belge Publishing, has angered Turkish officials by publishing books about the Kurds and the Armenian genocide. He was arrested Friday, sparking international concern....
    4. Dec 9, 2010 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  4. Barack Obama's peace prize — a year too early?

    What day is it? Friday is Nobel Peace Prize Day. The award will be presented in absentia to Liu Xiaobo in Oslo as the human rights activist remains jailed in China. President Barack Obama was the winner in 2009, perhaps a year too early. At least now...

    Tags: Republican Party, Tom Brady, Nobel Prize Awards, Human Interest, Tangled (movie)

    5. Jan 19, 2011 |Story| Herald Mail

  5. With Obama, Hu concedes China's rights need help

    In a rare concession on a highly sensitive issue, Chinese President Hu Jintao used his White House visit on Wednesday to acknowledge &quot;a lot still needs to be done" to improve human rights in his nation accused of repressing its people. President Barack Obama pushed China to adopt fundamental freedoms but assured Hu the U.S. considers the communist nation a friend and vital economic partner.
    The Asssociated Press
    In a rare concession on a highly sensitive issue, Chinese President Hu Jintao used his White House visit on Wednesday to acknowledge "a lot still needs to be done" to improve human rights in his nation accused of repressing its people. President Barack...

    Tags: Nobel Prize Awards, Hu Jintao, George W. Bush, Government, Human Interest

    6. Jan 13, 2011 |Story| AP Broadcast

  6. Watchdog group: Freedom slipped worldwide last year

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The watchdog group Freedom House says 25 countries showed significant declines in democracy last year. The report's survey of 194 countries and 14 territories around the world found that China, Egypt, Iran, Russia and Venezuela...

    Tags: China, Nobel Prize Awards, Politics, Human Interest, Washington, DC

    7. Feb 2, 2011 |Story| AP Broadcast

  7. WikiLeaks nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

    OSLO, Norway (AP) — A Norwegian lawmaker says he has nominated WikiLeaks for the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize. Snorre Valen of the Socialist Left Party says the secret-spilling website has promoted human rights, democracy and freedom of speech just like...

    Tags: WikiLeaks, Nobel Prize Awards, Human Interest, Norway, Human Rights

    8. Dec 8, 2010 | Orlando Sentinel

  8. Send in the clowns

    Orlando Opinionators - Orlando Sentinel
    It's disgraceful that 19 nations beholden in some way to China won't attend the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo in Oslo. Nor will the honoree, who's serving an 11-year prison sentence for “inciting subversion of...
    9. Dec 17, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  9. Museum of Tolerance hosts Lech Walesa at Solidarity anniversary celebration

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    The Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles this week hosted a 30th anniversary celebration for Solidarity, the Polish trade union that was instrumental in leading to the collapse of communism in Poland during the 1980s. Speaking at the event was......
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