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Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Activist Leymah Gbowee Honored for...

AMY GOODMAN: We turn to the other two winners of the Nobel Peace Prize. Emira Woods is with us, co-director of Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies. Can you talk about the...

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Yemeni Activist Tawakkul Karman, First Female Arab Nobel Peace Laureate: A...

AMY GOODMAN: In an interview this morning, Yemeni activist Tawakkul Karman said her prize is a victory for Yemen and for all of the uprisings of the Arab Spring. Karman is a 32-year-old journalist and...

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Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Trio of Women for Championing Gender Equality,...

AMY GOODMAN: We begin today’s show with this morning’s announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2011. THORBJOERN JAGLAND: The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2011...

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Yemeni Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Tawakkul Karman on Human Rights Abuses...

Yemeni Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Tawakkul Karman, one of three recipients who split the award this year, spoke in New York City at the Brecht Forum in September 2010 about state violence, targeted...

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Nobel Peace Winner Tawakkul Karman on Yemen and the U.S. War on Terror

AMY GOODMAN: We’re going to end today with the words of the new Nobel Peace Prize winner. There were three. They were three women. One of them comes from Yemen. Her name is Tawakkul Karman. She spoke...

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Exclusive: Nobel Laureate Tawakkul Karman on the Struggle for Women's Rights,...

AMY GOODMAN: We turn now to the popular uprising in Yemen, where government snipers have killed dozens of protesters in recent days. A 20-year-old woman is reportedly among the dead, the first woman to...

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"Women, War and Peace" PBS Series Examines Role of Nobel Prize Winner Leymah...

AMY GOODMAN: On Friday, Democracy Now! was visited by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Tawakkul Karman, who shared this year’s award with two other women: the Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who’s...

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Leymah Gbowee, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia Share Nobel Peace Prize with...

AMY GOODMAN: On Saturday, the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize was presented to three women activists, political leaders, for, quote, "their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights...

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"The Arab People Have Woken Up": Yemeni Activist Tawakkul Karman Accepts...

AMY GOODMAN: "Agolo" by Angelique Kidjo. Angelique Kidjo performed at the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony that took place on International Human Rights Day this past Saturday, December 10th. The awards...

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Tawakkul Karman, Yemeni Nobel Peace Laureate, Pays Tribute to Women Activists...

AMY GOODMAN: We end today with the final highlight of the speech of Tawakkul Karman, one of three women who won the Nobel Peace Prize on Saturday, were awarded the peace prize in Oslo, Norway. It was...

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Year of Global Uprisings, from the Arab Spring to Occupy Wall Street: A...

AMY GOODMAN: Today we look back at 2011, a year that saw the U.S. killing of Osama bin Laden, the ouster of a dictator in Egypt, the death of one in Libya, the meltdown of the Fukushima nuclear plant...

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Tariq Ali: European Union Awarded Nobel Peace Prize Despite Ties to NATO,...

AMY GOODMAN: We’re on the road in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on our 100-city tour. Check our website at tour.democracynow.org. We begin today’s show with the selection of the European Union for winning...

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A “Radical Idea” Reversed: Author Says Nobel Committee Has Betrayed Founder’s...

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Norwegian Peace Activist: Top Role in Global Arms Trade Makes E.U. Unworthy...

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Does the E.U. Deserve the Nobel Peace Prize? Critics Condemn Role in Brutal...

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2012 Nobel Peace Prize Goes to the European Union Amid Opposition From Three...

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