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Global chemical watchdog wins Nobel Peace Prize

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 11, 2013 | World

Oslo, AP—The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its efforts to stop the chemical warfare that has haunted the world from Hitler’s gas chambers to the battlefields of Syria. Based in...

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Secretary of State John Kerry (L) speaks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (R) before a press conference in Geneva on September 14, 2013 after they met for talks on Syria’s chemical weapons. (AFP)

Opinion: A Nobel Peace Prize for the Curious Quartet?

by Amir Taheri | Sep 20, 2013 | Opinion

With his deal over Syria’s chemical weapons, President Barack Obama has provoked quite a bit of a buzz around his leadership style. His friends talk of a diplomatic coup while his adversaries claim he has committed an error that no other US president would have...

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A handout picture taken on November 7, 2012, and obtained from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham on November 9, 2012, shows injured 15 year-old Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai reading a book at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham in central England. (AFP PHOTO)

Record 259 Nominees for 2013 Nobel Peace Prize

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 4, 2013 | World

Oslo, AFP—A record 259 nominees are in the running for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize—209 individuals and 50 organisations—with the laureate to be announced in October, the Nobel Institute said on Monday. The list is known to include Malala Yousafzai, the shot...