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Surprised, humbled Obama awarded Nobel Peace Prize

Oct. 9, 2009
President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in a stunning decision designed to build momentum behind his initiatives to reduce nuclear arms, ease tensions with the Muslim world and stress diplomacy and cooperation rather than...
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Obama wins Peace Prize

Obama wins Peace Prize

OSLO, Norway, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama will receive the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize for his work toward a nuclear-weapons free world and a more-inclusive style of diplomacy.

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.

Tutu awarded Gandhi Peace Prize

NEW DELHI, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has won India's highest international honor, the Gandhi Peace Prize. The award was conferred on the Nobel Prize laureate by Indian President Abdul Kalam Friday at a New Delhi ceremony.

Cat Stevens slated for Nobel Prize show

OSLO, Norway, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Cat Stevens will make a rare appearance next month at a concert in Norway to be held in connection with the Nobel Peace Prize. Stevens, who was popular in the 1970s and now goes by the Muslim name Yusuf Islam, will appear at the Dec. 11 Nobel Peace Concer

IAEA awarded Nobel Peace Prize

OSLO, Norway, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- The International Atomic Energy Agency and its director general, Mohamed ElBaradei, have been awarded the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize.

Nobel Peace concert gathers world's stars

OSLO, Norway, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- Some of the world's most popular entertainers will gather Tuesday in preparation for the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize Concert.

Brazil's president in lead for peace prize

SAO PAULO, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Brazil's president is a frontrunner for the Nobel Peace Prize, Brazilian news sources reported Friday.

Carter grateful and humble for Nobel Prize

PLAINS, Ga., Oct. 11 (UPI) --

Carter wins Nobel Peace Prize

OSLO, Norway, Oct. 11 (UPI) --

2001 Peace Prize awarded to UN

OSLO, Norway, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- The centennial Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to the United Nations and its Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Last year, South Korean President Kim Dae-jung w
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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