Nobel Peace Prize News

By Kendall Hunter | Wed Oct 28, 2009 11:59 AM ET

The Nansen Refugee medal is being posthumously awarded to Edward Kennedy today in Washington DC. Read More

More like this in: Washington, Washington DC, Peace, Switzerland, Refugee, Norway, Refugees, UNHCR, Antonio Guterres

By Kendall Hunter | Tue Oct 13, 2009 6:02 PM ET

Music Beats Mines festival aims to raise funds to clear landmines, weapons and other remnants of conflict. Read More

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By Erin Green | Fri Oct 9, 2009 1:11 PM ET

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By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Fri Oct 9, 2009 11:26 AM ET

Eleven years after the beating death of Matthew Shephard, the House passes a bill that makes violence against the LGBT community a federal hate crime. Read More

More like this in: Barack Obama, Associated Press, Iraq, Afghanistan, Death, Nancy Pelosi, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender (LGBT)

By David Jenison | Wed Oct 7, 2009 8:00 AM ET

Free music download equals climate justice petition Read More

More like this in: Climate change, Celebrities, Australia, Planet, Pollution, Greenhouse Gas, Copenhagen, Deforestation, Denmark, Kyoto, Global Green

By Katherine Gustafson | Fri Oct 2, 2009 9:00 AM ET

The first-ever Fetzer Prize for Love and Forgiveness is awarded to His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu. Read More

More like this in: Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, Karen Armstrong

By Katherine Gustafson | Wed Sep 30, 2009 9:00 AM ET

Fundación Carlos Slim and Grameen Trust team up to help Mexico's poor help themselves. Read More

More like this in: Warren Buffett, Matt Damon, Bill Gates, Mexico, Microfinance, Forbes, Jordan, Queen Rania

By Katherine Gustafson | Fri Sep 25, 2009 11:35 AM ET

Wangari Maathai and Paul Farmer can agree: you need the right destination and a good road to get there. Read More

More like this in: Clinton Global Initiative, Kenya, Wangari Maathai, Paul Farmer

By Darragh Worland | Sun Sep 13, 2009 1:39 PM ET

Nobel Peace Prize winner Norman Borlaug, who helped feed the world's hungry, has died at the age of 95. Read More

More like this in: Africa, Asia, Agriculture, Middle East, Wheat, Famine