MetaFilter posts tagged with NobelPeacePrize

Obama wins Nobel Prize Peace 2009

NekulturnY — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:11:30 -0800

Barack Obama wins Nobel Prize for Peace 2009. Isn't this kind of... soon?

Wangari Maathai

homunculus — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 18:05:18 -0800

Kenyan ecologist Wangari Maathai, founder of the Green Belt Movement in Africa, has won the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize. [Via WorldChanging.]

PAIR UP FOR PEACE PRIZE

Postroad — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 19:33:18 -0800

PAIR UP FOR PEACE PRIZE It is possible to see the war against Iraq as a good thing,finally, but this Orwellian War is Peace seems a bit strange: :Tony Blair and George Bush have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for waging war on Saddam Hussein. They have been put forward by a Norwegian politician who said ousting the dictator had reduced the threat of a war with weapons of mass destruction."

Shirin Ebadi wins Nobel Peace Prize

dagny — Fri, 10 Oct 2003 02:37:22 -0800

Shirin Ebadi wins Nobel Peace Prize Iranian lawyer and human rights activist Shirin Ebadi has won the Nobel Peace Prize for 2003. Ebadi is Iran's first female judge and a leading figure in the struggle for women's and children's rights in Iran. She is known for representing the interests of persecuted individuals and has braved reprisals for her beliefs.

ezfowler — Mon, 04 Feb 2002 13:17:35 -0800

Bush and Blair Nominated for 2002 Peace Prize ''The background for my nomination is their decisive action against terrorism, something I believe in the future will be the greatest threat to peace,'' Nesvik said. ''Unfortunately, sometimes ... you have to use force to secure peace.'' ---Harald Tom Nesvik

Avogadro — Mon, 22 Jan 2001 11:43:43 -0800

"Soccer" has been nominated for the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize. No, really.

Any other suggestions for nominations?

argus — Fri, 13 Oct 2000 01:09:37 -0800

Eyes on the Prize White House lobbied Norwegians for Clinton Nobel Peace Prize. Clinton and his minions are despicable, no?