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Yunus blames education system for mundane youth

Speaking at the World Economic Forum, he said that money is now the king, becoming an "intoxication...

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Want to run for Yemen Prez but can`t: Nobel winner

Karman, 32, is first ever Arab woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize and is a leading figure in Yemen`s A...

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Catalysts for peace: 3 women receive Nobel Prize

The peace prize committee recognized the three women for championing women`s rights in regions where...

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Nobel Prize shows women are leaders: Winners

Johson Sirleaf said the Nobel had strengthend her commitment to to work for women`s empowerment in A...

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Google pays tribute to Marie Curie

Google paid tribute to Noble Prize winning scientist Marie Curie on her 144th birth anniversary toda...

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Liberia President extends lead, short of majority

Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf now leads with 45.4 percent of the votes in Liberia`s second presidential vote...

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Yemen: 40 women wounded celebrating Nobel win

The Nobel Prize Committee awarded Tawakkul Karman the 2011 Peace Prize recognising her role in prote...

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Nobel Peace: Indian women police squad elated

An elite squad of these AK-47 totting women personnel keep a round-the-clock vigil on the office of...

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Kenyans bid farewell to laureate Wangari Maathai

Maathai died late last month after a long battle with cancer. She was 71.

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Nobel peace awards to women `encouraging`: Vatican

This year`s Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and two o...

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US urges China to free last year`s Nobel winner

Liu Xiaobo`s wife Liu Xia has been held under virtual house arrest since he won the prize last Octob...

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Nobel Prize a triumph for women`s rights: Amnesty

Amnesty International hailed the Nobel committee`s decision on Friday to award the Peace Prize to t...

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Nobel Peace Prize goes to three women

Nobel peace prize has been awarded to two Liberian and one Yemeni women for their contribution to wo...

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Israeli scientist wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Israeli scientist Daniel Shechtman Wednesday won the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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Studies of universe`s expansion win physics Nobel

Three U.S.-born scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for their studies of exploding ...

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Scientist wins Nobel for medicine days after death

The Nobel committee was unclear if the prize would be rescinded because Nobel statutes don`t allow p...

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Nobel chief sees "important" 2011 Peace Prize

Thorbjoern Jagland has been on a drive to give the Peace Prize a more global heft.

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Kenyan Nobel Peace laureate Maathai dies

Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, has died in hospital after a ...

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Norway’s 1st official visit to China post Nobel row

Chinese minister will take up an invitation to attend a conference on carbon capture in Beijing.

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Myanmar`s Suu Kyi to test freedom, meet supporters

The one-day trip will test the limits of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi`s freedom.

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Guwahati Archbishop nominated for Nobel

Archbishop of Guwahati Thomas Menamparampil has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in recogn...

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China demands Nobel Prize apology from Norway

Ties between China, Norway soured when Liu Xiaobo received Nobel Peace prize.

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Say no to nuclear power: Nobel Laureates to world leaders

The laureates ask all countries to invest in safer forms of renewable energy.

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Sacking of Nobel winner Yunus `sad`: Norwegian minister

Norway`s international development minister has deplored the sacking of Nobel Peace Prize winner M...

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Bangladesh turns up heat on Nobel winner Yunus

Bangladesh moved to force Nobel prize winner Muhammad Yunus out of his pioneering microfinance bank,...

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Record 241 candidates for Nobel Peace Prize

Those nominated also include people linked to WikiLeaks and Arab revolutions.

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Bangladesh turns up heat on Nobel winner Yunus

Bangladesh moved to force Nobel prize winner Muhammad Yunus out of his pioneering microfinance ban...

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Obama did nothing to earn Nobel: Rumsfeld

US` ex-defence secretary said Barack Obama has a habit of apologising for US.

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40 Nobel laureates appeal for Binayak Sen`s release

A group of Nobel laureates from 12 countries have rallied behind jailed rights activist Binayak Se...

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WikiLeaks among nominees for Nobel Peace Prize

Anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks has been nominated for the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize.

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Nobel Peace Prize nomination for WikiLeaks founder?

The deadline for nominating candidates for 2011 Nobel Peace Prize approaches.

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No magic formula to win Nobel Prize: Ramakrishnan

There is no magic formula for winning a Nobel Prize, Chemistry laureate Venkataraman Ramakrishnan sa...

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China denies prison visits to Nobel winner: Family

Liu`s absence at prize ceremony on Dec 10 in Oslo was marked by empty chair.

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Nobel Peace Prize `a bid to embarrass China`: Media

Beijing said Nobel ceremony was a product of a "Cold War mentality".

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Philippines skipped Nobel over China death verdict

President Aquino is making efforts to spare Filipinos on death row in China.

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Many stay away from Nobel ceremony: Chinese media

India was among 46 nations which attended the ceremony to honour Liu Xiaobo.

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China blacks out Nobel peace prize ceremony

China shut down all int`l news channels & websites to keep its people off the ceremony.

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India, 45 other countries attend Nobel peace ceremony

India was among 46 nations, including US&UK which attended the ceremony.

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Liu Xiaobo far more deserving of Nobel than me: Obama

Obama, who received the Nobel Peace Prize 2009, regretted Liu`s absence.

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Nobel peace awarded to Chinese dissident, with empty chair

Nobel Peace Prize 2010 was give to the imprisoned author&activist Liu Xiaobo.

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Who`s staying away from Nobel peace ceremony

Those staying away are Afghanistan, Algeria, China, Colombia, Cuba, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Kazakhstan,...

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China cracks down on Nobel Peace Prize

When VIPs take their seats in Oslo for the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, there will be a empty chair.

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Obama to urge China to release Liu Xiaobo

US Prez would urge China to release Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, who is this year`s Nobel Peace Pri...

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Nobel tries to assuage China ahead of ceremony

Liu, 54, was jailed in December 2009 for 11 years on subversion charges after co-authoring Charter 0...

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Attending Nobel ceremony non-issue: India

Krishna said attending ceremony for China dissident was not a bilateral issue with Beijing.

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`Attending Nobel Prize ceremony not bilateral issue`

India Thursday said its decision to attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony tomorrow at Oslo for Chi...

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China readies its own peace prize

A Chinese group awarded its own "peace prize", just a day before the Nobel Committee was set to ho...

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Sri Lanka to boycott Nobel Prize award ceremony

Sri Lanka has decided to boycott Nobel Prize award ceremony in Oslo to express solidarity with Chin...

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`Assange potential Nobel candidate`

Assange should be helped and even could be given Nobel Prize, Russia said.

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