Winners of Nobel Peace Prize since 1980
OSLO, Norway - The 2015 Nobel Peace Prize was announced Friday. Here is a list of winners of the award since 1980:
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TUNIS, Tunisia - A Tunisian labor leader at the forefront of a democracy movement that won the Nobel Peace Prize says he hopes it's a boon to his nation - and an example to the world.
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The Latest: Nobel chair hopes prize may be example to Libya
OSLO, Norway - The latest developments in the awarding of the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize. All times local.
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Things to know about the Nobel Peace Prize winner
The group with a cumbersome name and some unlikely partners played a determining role in pulling Tunisia from the edge of civil war - and guiding it to the doorstep of democracy. Here are some things...
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In Belarus, opposition artists express dissent underground
MINSK, Belarus - Belarus' crippled political opposition has been cautious in its criticisms ahead of Sunday's presidential election. Not so the country's underground artists.
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Correction: Nobel-Literature story
MINSK, Belarus - In an Oct. 8 story about the Nobel Prize for literature, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the prize had been awarded only twice for non-fiction prior to 2015, to Winston...
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GLANCE: Tunisia, Nobel winner, shines as Arab Spring success
The Nobel Peace Prize announced Friday pointed to the relative success of Tunisia in building toward democracy after a 2011 uprising ousted a longtime dictator. That makes it a resounding exception...
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Nobel Peace Prize boosts struggling Tunisian democracy
TUNIS, Tunisia - It was the fall of 2013 and Tunisia's newfound democracy was in grave danger. The assassination of a left-wing politician had prompted the opposition to walk out of the constitutional...
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Belarusian Nobel winner says Lukashenko to be re-elected
BERLIN - Svetlana Alexievich, the Belarusian author who just won the Nobel Prize for literature, said Saturday there is no doubt Alexander Lukashenko will be re-elected president this weekend because...
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For Tunisia, Nobel is good news in troubled, violent year
TUNIS, Tunisia - The leader of a Tunisian human rights group that was among the winners of this year's Nobel Peace Prize said the honor has meaning not just for his country but for all those mired in war.
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The Latest: Deaton wasn't sure he would be picked for Nobel
STOCKHOLM - Latest developments in the announcements of the Nobel Prizes (all times local):
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Princeton economist wins Nobel for work on poverty
Angus Deaton has dug into obscure data to explore a range of problems: The scope of poverty in India. How poor countries treat young girls. The link between income inequality and economic growth.
View ArticleRobert Mugabe wins China's alternative to Nobel Peace Prize
BEIJING - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has been awarded China's alternative to the Nobel Peace Prize for what the prize committee called his inspired national leadership and service to...
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Tunisia, targeted anew, faces intelligence challenge
TUNIS, Tunisia - An attack by Islamic State militants on Tunisia's presidential guard has left this North African country, its economy and its democracy even more vulnerable just days before four...
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Tunisian Nobel Peace Prize winner urges for global help
COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Tunisian trade union leader Wided Bouchamaoui, one of this year's Nobel Peace laureates, has urged the international community to help her country succeed in its economic...
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Tunisian democracy group collects 2015 Nobel Peace Prize
OSLO, Norway - This year's Nobel Peace Prize winners, the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet, collected their award in Norway on Thursday, appealing for international cooperation to make the global...
View ArticleLeno: Trump's Muslim ban is nonsense, violates constitution
OSLO, Norway - Former "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno says Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump's call for a ban on Muslims entering the United States violates the U.S. Constitution.
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Tunisian Nobel winners mark 5 years of Arab Spring
SIDI BOUZID, Tunisia - Tunisians who won the Nobel Peace Prize joined townspeople in the country's beleaguered heartland Thursday to mark five years since a desperate street vendor set himself on fire,...
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IS victims' advocate, pontiff among Nobel Peace Prize names
STAVANGER, Norway - A woman who champions the rights of Islamic State rape victims, Pope Francis and the Afghan women's cycling team are among the known candidates for the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize as the...
View ArticleNobel medicine prize panel official resigns over inquiry
HELSINKI - The secretary-general of the Swedish panel that awards the Nobel medicine prize has resigned because of an investigation into disputed stem-cell scientist Paolo Macchiarini.
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