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.

STRASBOURG, France, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Chinese political activist Hu Jia won the European Parliament's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, the parliament announced Thursday.

WARSAW, Poland, July 14 (UPI) -- Bronislaw Geremek, one of the leading figures of Poland's Solidarity movement of the 1980s, has died in a car accident, officials said Monday.

BRUSSELS, May 28 (UPI) -- A conference in Belgium brought together young European, Israeli and Palestinian leaders in an effort to open a dialogue for peace among a new generation.

BERLIN, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- Fatih Akin, the Turkish-born, German director of "The Edge of Heaven," has won the European Parliament's first Lux prize for cinema, Deutsche Welle reported.

PERIGUEUX, France, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- After a successful trip to Washington to reaffirm the "special relationship" with the United States and a prolonged honeymoon with the opinion polls, there has

BRUSSELS, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- German conservative Hans-Gert Pottering has been elected the next president of the European Parliament.

STRASBOURG, France, July 20 (UPI) -- Spanish Socialist Josep Borrell has been elected president of the European Parliament in Strasbourg.