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| 'From War to a Continent of Peace' European Union Wins Nobel Peace Prize Many had thought the award would go to human rights activists in Russia this year. But on Friday, the Norwegian Nobel Committee honored the European Union with this year's peace prize for its contribution "to the advancement of peace and reconciliation" in Europe. |
| Right Idea, Wrong Recipient How the Nobel Peace Prize Missed Its Mark It is tough to find fault with handing the Nobel Peace Prize to the European Union. But that is exactly the problem -- it shows a lack of imagination. It would have been more courageous to honor somebody who embodies what current EU leaders lack. Like Jacques Delors. |
| Ignoble Prize? Euroskeptics Call Nobel Honor an 'April Fool's Joke' European leaders greeted the decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to the European Union on Friday, saying it would provide urgently needed motivation in the debt crisis. But euroskeptics could hardly believe their ears and are already ridiculing the jury in Oslo. |
| The World from Berlin 'Mo Yan Has Long Since Sided with Beijing' Beijing is elated, but critics are questioning whether the Swedish Academy sent the right message to China's regime by awarding apolitical writer Mo Yan this year's Nobel Prize in literature. German editorialists on Friday acknowledge his talent, but urge a continued focus on human rights. |
| Kim's Empire Advancing Globalization Makes its Mark in North Korea A trip through Kim Jong Un's North Korea reveals a country where one can find widespread poverty as well as an increasing number of Western products. Government minders, however, remain vigilant. |
| Investing in Future Readers German Children Get Their Own Newspaper Newspapers may be dying out elsewhere, but in Germany broadsheets still enjoy substantial readership. A new publication has decided to invest in keeping it that way, targeting children to cultivate the readers of tomorrow. But it's a difficult market that requires pleasing both kids and their parents. |
| Schoolgirl Shooting Pakistanis Fear Resurgent Taliban in Swat Valley Tuesday's shooting of a 14-year-old advocate of girls' education in Pakistan has shocked and appalled the world. Doctors say Malala Yousufzai will most likely survive the attack, but it has still left Pakistanis outraged -- and afraid that a return of the Taliban's fundamentalist rule might lie ahead. |
| Who's Laughing Now? Biden Bares Teeth in Debate US Vice President Joe Biden likes being the butt of jokes -- even ones made by friends within his own party. But during the television debate with his Republican challenger Paul Ryan on Thursday night, Biden put up exactly the kind of spirited fight that the Obama campaign needs. |
| Drops of Death A New Look at Bloodstains Is Changing Forensics Bloodstain analysis is gaining new ground thanks to research of forensic scientists in Germany. Their insights shed light on how investigators can analyze blood spatters left behind at crime scenes and could force closed murder cases to be reopened. |
| Papua New Guinea's Royal Trophy Are Collectors Key to Saving Giant Butterfly? Papua New Guinea is home to the world's largest butterfly, but oil palm plantations are threatening the rare species' habitat. Conservationists and local residents alike would like to save the species by lifting a ban on trade in the butterfly and selling it for thousands of dollars to collectors. |
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