Ending the Khomeinist regime will take sustained civil resistance by Iranians, says Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi, but there are ways for other countries to help
Tag Archives: Nobel Peace Prize
Davis Guggenheim: Malala, her father, and a revealing new film
The director of ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ on his latest film, about an ordinary girl who has made extraordinary choices
This year’s Nobel peace prize is absurd
I suppose it could have been worse. The Norwegian Nobel Committee might have awarded this year’s peace prize to U.S. President Barack Obama again. But aside from that, it’s hard to imagine a more ridiculous recipient than the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
Europe: Now Nobel-certified as the most peaceful of our major continents!
Paul Wells on a recognition that is long overdue
Day 25 – Home on the Trans-Canada for the Holiday
Cobourg, Ontario – Trans-Canada distance: 2,869 km
Activists Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakul Karman win 2011 Nobel Peace Prize
Award seen as impetus to the cause for women’s rights internationally
Good news, bad news: May 5-12, 2011
The RCMP officers involved in Robert Dziekanski’s death face perjury charges, while scientists prove Einstein was right
Independence Day
After two decades under house arrest, peace activist Aung San Suu Kyi is free, and her quiet fight for democracy begins again
Newsmakers
Emma Watson’s really big moment, the Dog Whisperer’s disappointing day, Pamela Anderson’s good deed’s too dirty
Rewarding Europe’s favourite American
Obama’s Nobel Prize is hasty, incongruous and an embarrassment to all involved