Three women share Nobel Peace Prize

Published: 8/10/2011 at 04:32 PM
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Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, compatriot "peace warrior" Leymah Gbowee and Yemen's Arab Spring activist Tawakkul Karman won the Nobel Peace Prize Friday in a nod to women's empowerment.

Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize 2011, waves to supporters at her house in Monrovia. Liberia, which holds its second election since the end of successive civil wars between 1989 and 2003 on October 11, has been ruled since 2006 by Sirleaf, Africa's first elected woman president.

The three will share the 2011 award "for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work," Norwegian Nobel Committee president Thorbjoern Jagland said.

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lazar
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Discussion 3 : 08/10/2011 at 02:11 PM3
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I didn't mean public appearances
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Discussion 2 : 08/10/2011 at 01:41 PM2
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lazar, discussion 1, please elaborate.

I don't think any previous Thai PM has made as many public appearances in their first months in office as Yingluck. So, what exactly do you mean?
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Discussion 1 : 08/10/2011 at 11:42 AM1
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Should Yingluck be nominated for a Nobel prize for the most successful invisible prime minister.
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