Johnson-Sirleaf wants more female world leaders
Liberia's President and Africa's first female head of state, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, has said that she was eager to see a woman in the White House.
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Sirleaf: Peace prize for a 'warmonger'?
The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf must count as one of the most political acts in the history of the prize.
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Nobel power marks feverish end of Liberia campaigning
Liberia buzzed with election fever as Nobel laureates, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and women's activist Leymah Gbowee took to the streets.
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Liberians weigh Sirleaf's Nobel win ahead of election
Liberians are weighing the impact of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's Nobel Peace Prize victory which has been slammed as an unfair boost ahead of elections.
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Kenya bids farewell to 'green Nobel' Maathai
Hundreds of mourners gathered for the funeral of Kenyan environmentalist and Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai at a park in central Nairobi.
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Liberian, Yemeni women activists share peace prize
Three women who have campaigned for rights and an end to violence in Liberia and Yemen, including Liberia's president, have won the Nobel Peace Prize.
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EU, Arab Spring favourites for Nobel peace prize
Arab Spring or EU? Speculation ahead of the Nobel peace prize announcement on Friday is split after cryptic comments by the award committee's chair.
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Record 241 nominations for Nobel Peace Prize
A record 241 nominations were submitted for the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize and the Norwegian jury has now begun the secretive process to select a winner.
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WikiLeaks among nominees for Nobel Peace Prize
Anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks has been nominated for the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, the Norwegian politician behind the proposal said on Wednesday.
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Chinese group awards 'peace prize' ahead of Nobel ceremony
A Chinese group awarded its own "peace prize" on Thursday, just a day before the Nobel Committee was set to honour jailed China dissident Liu Xiaobo.
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