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Aung San Suu Kyi - also a style icon

At 66, Aun San Suu Kyi is not just an enduring inspiration for millions in Myanmar but also a style ...

Norway gunman plotted to kill Obama in 2009

Anders Behring Breivik planned to assassinate Barack Obama when he visited Norway to collect his Nob...

Sweden ends row over Nobel Peace Prize attribution

The Nobel Foundation has defended the award of its annual Peace Prize to Barack Obama, Tawakul Karma...

Bill Clinton, Manning among Nobel Peace Prize candidates

Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki, alleged WikiLeaks whistleblower Bradley Manning, and former US P...

Myanmar opposition party complains of restrictions

The party of Aung San Suu Kyi says restrictions on its campaigning risk making upcoming by-elections...

Sweden questions Nobel Peace Prize selection basis

An Oslo-based author argues that the prize had drifted from Nobel`s intent to promote only disarmame...

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...

Kenyans bid farewell to laureate Wangari Maathai

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

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...

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...

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...

Nobel chief sees "important" 2011 Peace Prize

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

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.

Guwahati Archbishop nominated for Nobel

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

Record 241 candidates for Nobel Peace Prize

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

Obama did nothing to earn Nobel: Rumsfeld

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

WikiLeaks among nominees for Nobel Peace Prize

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

Nobel Peace Prize nomination for WikiLeaks founder?

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

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

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

China blacks out Nobel peace prize ceremony

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

Nobel peace awarded to Chinese dissident, with empty chair

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

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.

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...

China, 18 others to skip Nobel Peace prize party

China and 18 other countries have declined to attend this year`s Nobel Peace Prize ceremony honoring...

China, 18 others to skip Nobel Peace prize party

China and 18 other countries have declined to attend this year`s Nobel Peace Prize.

The China effect on Nobel

China’s economic might overshadows the state of human rights in the Asian country.

Suu Kyi`s Norway visit not before 2011-2012: Nobel Institute

Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi will not come to Oslo before 2011 or 2012, the head of t...

Countries hesitate on Noble attendance

Several countries remain hesitant about whether to attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony next month.

China pressures European governments over Nobel

Several diplomats in Beijing reveal China`s pressure to avoid Nobel ceremony.

Other countries using Nobel Peace Prize to attack us: China

China held Norwegian govt responsible for the "erroneous" decision of the Nobel Committee to name ja...

Furious China blocks visit to Nobel winner`s wife

UN human rights experts urge China to free democracy campaigner Liu Xiaobo.

China Nobel Peace Prize winner`s wife missing

The wife of Chinese Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo remained missing on Sunday, amid suggestions...

Nobel laureate`s wife forced to leave Beijing

Chinese police have forced the wife of Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo to leave Beijing and are ...

Chinese official media slams Nobel Committee for honouring Liu

The Nobel Peace Prize has been "degraded to a political tool that serves an anti-China purpose".

Jailed Liu Xiaobo wins 2010 Nobel Peace Prize

Liu Xiaobo wins 2010 Nobel Peace Prize for his non-violent struggle for human rights in China.

Nobel experts predict low-key prize after Obama

Secretive committees huddles for final deliberations to select 2010 winners.

China trashes idea of Nobel Peace Prize to jailed dissident

Amid a growing clamour to award the Nobel Peace Prize to jailed dissent Liu Xiaobo, China lashed ou...

Obama to lead summit to secure nuclear materials

In 2005, as the junior senator from Illinois, Barack Obama traveled to Russia, Ukraine and Azerbai...

‘Nobel’ Obama’s no to lunch with Norway King

From his nomination to collection of Nobel Peace Prize, Obama has been trailed by many controversies...

Obama`s Nobel `a little early`: Dalai Lama

Nobel laureate the Dalai Lama called Barack Obama`s peace prize "a little early" as the US President...

Text of Obama`s speech

The following is the text of President Obama`s speech whuch he delivered while receiving the Nobel P...

Obama lauds Gandhi at Nobel ceremony

US President accepted the Nobel Peace Prize and praised Gandhi`s non-violence.

Obama arrives in Norway to accept Nobel Prize

US President Barack Obama on Thursday arrived in Oslo with First Lady Michelle to accept his Nobel P...

Obama to accept Nobel Peace Prize as war president

US President Barack Obama will receive the Nobel Peace Prize as a `war president`, and his accepta...

Iran freezes Ebadi`s bank accounts: Colleague

Iran has confiscated human right activist Shirin Ebadi`s Nobel Peace Prize medal and frozen her bank...

Laureate Obama……hmmm

An unbelieving hum went around Oslo press room where Nobel Committee Chairman dropped bombshell abou...

‘Gandhi should have won Peace Nobel’

Mahatma Gandhi should have won the Nobel Peace in the opinion of prestigious Foreign Policy magazine...

Taliban condemns Obama`s Nobel Peace Prize

The Taliban on Friday condemned Barack Obama`s Nobel Peace Prize, saying rather than bring peace to...

Obama`s Kenyan family `honoured` by Nobel Peace Prize

The Kenyan family of US President Barack Obama on Friday said they were honoured by the awarding of...

Some facts about the Nobel Peace Prize

Following are some facts about the Nobel Peace Prize

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