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Opinion: When Nobel Mixes the Genres

by Amir Taheri | Oct 21, 2016 | Opinion

Last month, Geir Lundestad, the former secretary of the Nobel Academy broke the august body’s traditional reserve to express his deepest regrets in having awarded Barack Obama the Nobel Peace Prize in 2008. “That was a big mistake,” Lundestad lamented. Should we...

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Prince performs during his ‘Diamonds and Pearls Tour’ at the Earl’s Court Arena in London, Britain, June 15, 1992. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

Singer Prince Died of Accidental Painkiller Overdose: Medical Examiner

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 2, 2016 | Entertainment

Singer Prince, 57, who was found dead in his home in a Minneapolis suburb in late April, died of an accidental, self-administered overdose of an opioid painkiller, according to the county medical examiner death report on Thursday. The Midwest Medical Examiner’s...