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Jon Kofas writes: Is it not the case the historically the Nobel Foundation has chosen candidates for the Peace Prize on criteria that is purely political in. [...]

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Dowlada China ayaa si weyn u cambaaraysay abaal marinta Nobel-ka ee ay hay adaha Norwejiyaanka ee abaal marinada Nobelka bixisa ay ku siisay isaga oo xabsi ku jira Mr Liu Xiaobo oo la sheegay in uu yahay nin si weyn ugu dhaqdhaqaaqa [...]

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The 54-year-old scholar and author, who won the prize for his outstanding contribution to human rights, is currently serving an 11-year sentence on charges o [...]

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The Chinese government said the award to Liu Xiaobo 'profanes the Nobel Peace Prize.' The immediate future may see more activists arrested, warns Mr. Liu's [...]

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AP AP In this Oct. 23, 2009 file photo, pro-democracy activists hold pictures of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo. Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo won the Nobel [...]

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Liu helped organise the Charter 08 petition which called for sweeping political reforms. That brought him another spell behind bars. Liu was jailed for 11 [...]

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The Nobel Peace Prize makes Liu Xiaobo a symbol. But this week, I was struck by utterly personal words Mr. Liu wrote when was sentenced to 11 years in [...]

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(New York) - The awarding of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize to the Chinese writer and human rights activist Liu Xiaobo underscores the urgent need for rights [...]

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Political dissident Liu Xiaobo will receive the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize, the committee announced this past Friday. Liu Xiaobo has spent years fighting for [...]

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Last month, as word spread that the Norwegian Nobel Institute was considering the Nobel Peace Prize to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, the head of the [...]

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Imprisoned Liu Xiaobo wins one of the world's highest honors, but most of his countrymen have no idea. Web search engines return error messages for his name [...]

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Dharamsala (AsiaNews) - "Awarding the Nobel Prize for Peace to activist Liu Xiaobo encourages all defenders of democracy in China and around the world. [...]

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The Chinese government was naturally displeased by the announcement last week that Liu Xiaobo, jailed pro-democracy activist, had won the 2010 Nobel peace [...]

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The Nobel Peace Prize 2010 was awarded to jaled Chinese human rights campaigner Liu Xiaobo, and this award is one of the most prestigious awards of the [...]

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[...] hours by security agents in July, and warned that he might be jailed like Liu Xiaobo -- a fellow writer tipped as a possible Nobel Peace Prize winner. [...]

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China's leading dissident has been awarded the Nobel peace prize. The Guardian's Tania Branigan reports from Beijing, where police have cordoned off Liu's [...]

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Within hours of the announcement of a Nobel Peace Prize for Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, the Chinese government reacted as if reading from a script. [...]

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OSLO, Norway Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo tops speculation for the Nobel Peace Prize one betting site has already declared him the winner though [...]

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The Nobel committee's selection of Liu Xiaobo as the winner of this year's Peace Prize is likely to draw more attention to China's lack of political reform. [...]

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Thirty lawmakers asked Obama to raise the cases of writer Liu Xiaobo, thought to be in contention when the Nobel is announced Friday, and human rights [...]

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"We write to ask that you urge President Hu (Jintao) to release two emblematic Chinese prisoners conscience, Liu Xiaobo and Gao Zhisheng," the Congressmen [...]

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Liu Xiaobo's path to the Nobel Peace Prize began during the pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square in 1989, when he joined student demonstrators on [...]

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(CNN) -- The award of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo follows an occasional precedent of recognizing human rights campaigners who [...]

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Speaking during a trip to Los Angeles, he said he was warned in July that he might be jailed like fellow wtriter Liu Xiaobo. Mr Yu's books have been banned [...]