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Former Finnish president wins Nobel Peace Prize

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Oct. 10, 2008
OSLO, Norway (AP) -- Finland's ex-president Martti Ahtisaari received the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his efforts to build a lasting peace in places as diverse as East Timor and the Balkans in Europe....
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Harvard gives Kennedy honorary doctorate

Harvard gives Kennedy honorary doctorate

BOSTON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., said the honorary doctorate of laws he received from Harvard University Monday was a special honor.

October Films makes Le Clezio documentary

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- The U.K. production company October Films says it has been commissioned to produce a documentary about French author Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio.
China postpones EU summit over Tibet

China postpones EU summit over Tibet

BRUSSELS, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- China has postponed a summit meeting with the European Union because of differences over Tibet, EU officials said Wednesday.

China lauds U.K. statement on Tibet

BEIJING, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- Chinese officials are praising a move by the United Kingdom's foreign minister to acknowledge Tibet as part of People's Republic of China.

Myanmar blogger sentenced to 20 years

YANGON, Myanmar, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A blogger was sentenced to 20 years in prison for mocking Myanmar dictator Gen. Than Shwe in an online poem, regime opponents say.

Obama spotted carrying poetry book

CHICAGO, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- President-elect Barack Obama was carrying a book of poems while leaving the Chicago school of his daughters, witnesses say.
Gore reminds Florida every vote counts

Gore reminds Florida every vote counts

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Al Gore returned to West Palm Beach, Fla., ground zero of the controversial 2000 presidential campaign, to stump for Democratic candidate Barack Obama.

Civil Rights Museum to honor Gore, King

MEMPHIS, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and bluesman B.B. King are being honored by the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, officials say.

European Parliament defies the Dragon by honoring Hu

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- The European Parliament has boldly dared to go where the Nobel Peace Prize committee feared to: It has awarded its Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to Chinese political activist Hu Jia.
Johansson named Nobel concert co-host

Johansson named Nobel concert co-host

OSLO, Norway, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Hollywood film star and singer Scarlett Johansson has agreed to act as co-host of the Nobel Peace Concert in Oslo this December.
65 U.S. Nobel laureates endorse Obama

65 U.S. Nobel laureates endorse Obama

CHICAGO, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- Sixty-five U.S. Nobel Laureate scientists have sent "an open letter to the American people" urging support of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

U.S. economist receives Nobel Prize

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- A U.S. economist received the Nobel Prize in Economics for his analysis of international trade and economic geography, the Nobel Foundation said Monday.

Ahtisaari's Nobel win is victory for China

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari is a great triumph for the Finnish government -- and for the government of China.

Pioneer in modern cell biology dies

DEL MAR, Calif., Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Nobel Prize winner George E. Palade, who helped give birth to the field of modern cell biology, has died at his home in Del Mar, Calif. He was 95.

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