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Nobel laureates urge U.N. to help free Iran protesters

Jul. 7, 2009
The United Nations should "urge" Iran to release political prisoners rounded up during the recent unrest following last month's disputed presidential elections, a group of Nobel Peace Prize winners have declared.
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Yoichiro Nambu, the U.S. physicist who won this year's Nobel Physics Prize with two Japanese scientists, will not attend the award ceremony, officials said.

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BEIJING, July 17 (UPI) -- Four Nobel laureates delivered academic speeches in China Saturday on the topic of developments in life sciences and biotechnology.

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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler