Nobel Peace Prize for Finnish statesman Ahtisaari

Oct. 11, 2008

FORMER PRESIDENT of Finland Marrti Ahtisaari has said he is "very pleased and thankful" for being awarded this year's Nobel Peace Price, after 30 years helping to end conflicts from Kosovo to Indonesia - and even Northern Ireland.

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.

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.

Martti Ahtisaari wins Nobel Peace Prize

OSLO, Norway, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Finland's former president Martti Ahtisaari won the Nobel Peace Prize Friday for his mediation in hot spots around the world, the Nobel Foundation announced.

French writer Le Clezio wins Nobel Prize

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- French writer Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio was awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Nobel Foundation in Sweden announced Thursday.

Author questions Nobel Peace Prizes

OSLO, Norway, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- The author of a book about Alfred Nobel's will says the late industrialist wouldn't be happy with some of the Nobel Peace Prizes given out in his name.

Lessing unhappy with Nobel Prize win

LONDON, May 11 (UPI) -- Receiving the Nobel Prize for literature in 2007 has had a good many negative consequences, British author Doris Lessing says.

Gore attends Nobel ceremony

OSLO, Norway, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Al Gore and the head of the U.N. climate-change panel Monday accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Norway.

Al Gore donates 'feet' to peace cause

STAVANGER, Norway, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Vice President and Nobel Peace laureate Al Gore consented to casts of his bare feet being taken to decorate a peace pathway in Norway.

Gore to be honored at White House

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Nobel laureate Al Gore returns to the White House later this month for the first time since he lost the race for president to George W. Bush seven years ago.

Nobel economics prize to 3 Americans

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Three professors from the United States were named Monday in Sweden as the recipients of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.

Carter supports Gore run for president

GASTONIA, Ga., Oct. 12 (UPI) -- Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter Friday said he would support former Vice President Al Gore for president after Gore won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.

Gore, climate panel share Peace Prize

OSLO, Norway, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will share the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for their work on climate change.

Doris Lessing wins literature Nobel Prize

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Sweden's Nobel Academy on Thursday awarded 87-year-old British author Doris Lessing the 2007 Nobel Prize for Literature.

Bookmakers would put money on environment

OSLO, Norway, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Environmentalists being considered for this year's Nobel Peace Prize are odds-on favorites to take home the award, Norwegian bookmakers concluded.

German awarded Nobel Prize in chemistry

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- A 71-year-old German professor from Berlin on Wednesday was announced as the winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize in chemistry in Sweden.