Topic: Nobel Prizes
AP News | 2010-02-02 20:43:30
FILE - In this Nov. 21, 2006 file photo, Russia's Svetlana Gannushkina, Chair of the Civic Assistance Committee, talks during a session of the Committee on Human Rights at the European Parliament in Brussels. As the submission deadline for the ...
AP News | 2010-02-02 20:43:27
Chinese, Russian activists nominated for Nobel Peace Prize; Michael Jackson petition too late
Candidates for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize include a Russian human rights group, a Chinese dissident and an inanimate object: the Internet, people who made the nominations said Tuesday. As the submission deadline for the coveted award closed, the Nobel Committee maintained its tradition of giving no ...
Getty Images | 2010-02-01 22:24:49
MILAN, ITALY - FEBRUARY 01: Grameen Bank Managing Director and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Muhammad Yunus speaks during the lecture ' A world without poverty ' on February 1, 2010 in Milan, Italy. Yunus was awarded the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for founding ...
AFP Global Edition | 2010-01-19 17:10:28
A Norwegian member of parliament said Tuesday she intended to nominate Russian human rights organisation Memorial and its founding member Svetlana Gannushkina for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. The nomination could pose a dilemma to Norwegian Nobel Committee chairman Thorbjoern Jagland, noted Norwegian daily Verdens Gang (VG), as Jagland is also secretary general of the Council of Europe in which ...
