Daily View 2×2: 9 October 2009
2 Big Stories Widely questioned as being rather premature, and merited more by vision than achievements so far, President Obama’s award is making the headlines this morning: Barack Obama wins 2009...
View ArticleDaily View 2×2: 11 December 2009
Welcome to December 11th – only 20 days to go until the end of the year. Four years ago today the top story was the fire at the Buncefield oil depot which injured 43 people and was said to have been...
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The European Union deserves the Nobel Peace Prize
Something I wrote back last autumn is rather applicable to my views of the Nobel Peace Prize going to the European Union: Sat on a shelf a few metres away from me is a box containing the various...
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Opinion: We shouldn’t take peace in Europe for granted
The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the EU on Friday was met with predictable derision from the likes of Nigel Farage, who described it the decision as “baffling,” and leader of the Tory MEPs...
View ArticleChemical weapons watchdog wins the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has won the 2013 Nobel peace prize. The Hague-based global chemical weapons watchdog, supported by the United Nations, is currently...
View ArticleAung San Suu Kyi Nobel laureate
Aung San Suu Kyi received her Nobel Prize in 1991 for her “non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights.” No one at the time, other than some in Myanmar, would have disagreed with that. It was...
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