Italian journalist Roberto Saviano and Mexican journalist Lydia Cacho have won the 2011 Olof Palme Prize, an international award for promoting peace and combating discrimination. The Olof Palme Memorial Fund said Monday Saviano and Cacho were named co-winners of the prize for their efforts to expose criminal networks despite great personal risk. Saviano won for […]
Italian, Mexican Writers Win Palme Prize
Posted January 23rd, 2012 at 12:05 pm (UTC-5)
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3 Women Accept Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo
Posted December 10th, 2011 at 1:50 pm (UTC-5)
Two women from Liberia and one from Yemen who fought injustice, oppression and sexual violence against women were awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Saturday at a ceremony in Norway’s capital, Oslo. Facing a standing ovation of admirers, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee and Yemeni women’s rights advocate Tawakkul Karman […]
3 Women Accept Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo
Posted December 10th, 2011 at 10:25 am (UTC-5)
Two women from Liberia and one from Yemen who fought injustice, oppression and sexual violence against women were awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Saturday at a ceremony in Norway’s capital, Oslo. Facing a standing ovation of admirers, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee and Yemeni women’s rights advocate Tawakkul Karman […]
Chinese Academics Award Alternative Peace Prize to Russia’s Putin
Posted November 15th, 2011 at 1:20 pm (UTC-5)
A group of Chinese academics has awarded an alternative to the Nobel Peace Prize to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Organizers of the Confucius Peace Prize said Tuesday that Mr. Putin beat out German Chancellor Angela Merkel and South African President Jacob Zuma for the award. In comments to the French News Agency, one of […]
British Writer Julian Barnes Wins Booker Prize
Posted October 18th, 2011 at 6:55 pm (UTC-5)
British writer Julian Barnes and his novel about a man forced to come face-to-face with his past is the winner of the Booker Prize — one of the most prestigious awards for English-language literature. Head judge and former British spy agency chief Stella Rimington calls Barnes’ The Sense of an Ending a beautifully written book […]
Food Prize Honors Former Ghanaian, Brazilian Leaders
Posted October 13th, 2011 at 8:30 pm (UTC-5)
This year’s top prize honoring achievements in the battle against hunger has gone to two former presidents of developing countries whose policies cut their nations’ hunger rates dramatically. John Agyekum Kufuor of Ghana and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil were awarded the World Food Prize Thursday evening during a ceremony in Des Moines, […]
Food Prize Honors Former Ghanaian, Brazilian Leaders
Posted October 13th, 2011 at 10:35 am (UTC-5)
The former presidents of Ghana and Brazil are being recognized for their contributions in the fight against hunger. John Agyekum Kufuor and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will be awarded the World Food Prize later Thursday during a ceremony in Des Moines, Iowa. The World Food Prize organization says it chose Mr. Kufuor and Mr. […]
Food Prize Honors Former Ghanaian, Brazilian Leaders
Posted October 13th, 2011 at 10:10 am (UTC-5)
The former presidents of Ghana and Brazil are being recognized for their contributions in the fight against hunger. John Agyekum Kufuor and Luis Inacio Lula da Silva will be awarded the World Food Prize later Thursday during a ceremony in Des Moines, Iowa. The World Food Prize organization says it chose Mr. Kufuor and Mr. […]
Cape Verde’s Pires Discusses Post-Prize Plans
Posted October 11th, 2011 at 6:15 pm (UTC-5)
Cape Verde’s former president, Pedro Pires, who won a a $5-million prize for good governance in Africa, says he will use the money to help “fulfill some ideas and dreams. Mr. Pires told VOA Tuesday he does not intend to continue in politics. But the president, who stepped down this year after two terms in […]
Italian Writer Who Exposed Mafia Wins British Literary Prize
Posted October 10th, 2011 at 6:25 pm (UTC-5)
An Italian writer living in hiding under round-the-clock police protection for exposing the Mafia has won Britain’s 2011 PEN-Pinter International Writer of Courage Award. Roberto Saviano’s 2006 best-selling novel Gomorrah is an expose of the Naples Mafia. Millions of copies have been sold and it was also made into a movie. British playwright David Hare, […]
