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<title>Ex-Finnish president and global peacemaker Martti Ahtisaari wins 2008 Nobel Peace Prize</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192506759</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 17:50 GMT</pubDate>
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... He had nominated Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng and AIDS and environmental  ...  in conflicts from Namibia to Aceh, Indonesia, Kosovo and Iraq. Ahtisaari had been mentioned in  ...
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<title>Selection of peace candidates a tricky matter</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192504838</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 17:31 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  trend include the 2004 selection of Kenyan human rights activist and environmentalist Wangari Maathai and the  ...  a solution to the status of the Serbian province of Kosovo angered Belgrade and Serbia&apos;s traditional ally, Moscow.  ...
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<title>Global mediator Ahtisaari wins Nobel Peace Prize</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192499789</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 17:27 GMT</pubDate>
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...  peacemaking around the globe from Namibia to Kosovo. The Norwegian Nobel Committee chose Ahtisaari to  ...  European Union-backed plan for Kosovo&apos;s independence from Serbia which guaranteed Serb minority rights and was  ...  bloodlessly after the wars that tore apart Yugoslavia in the 1990s. &quot;In 1989-90 he played  ...
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<title> Nobel Peace Prize winner</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192498949</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 17:25 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Hailed for his work in Indonesia, in Kosovo and in Northern Ireland, Ahtisaari said his  ...  for decades. His commitment to peace and human rights is remarkable.&quot; ...
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<title>Georgia should not become another Northern Cyprus, minister says</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192497316</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 16:50 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Both Montenegro and Macedonia on Thursday announced their official recognition of Kosovo&apos;s independence, leaving Bosnia and Serbia as the only former Yugoslav states not to do so. The move has angered Serbia, which immediately expelled the  ...
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<title>Finland&apos;s ex-president wins Nobel</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192491216</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 16:25 GMT</pubDate>
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...  in conflicts from Namibia and Aceh to Kosovo and Iraq. &quot;He has also made constructive  ...  she wanted to keep speaking out on human rights, but was afraid due to intimidation. &quot;I  ...
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<title>Lukashenko&apos;s PR man sheds light on EU campaign</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192490331</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 16:19 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Both Montenegro and Macedonia on Thursday announced their official recognition of Kosovo&apos;s independence, leaving Bosnia and Serbia as the only former Yugoslav states not to do so. The move has angered Serbia, which immediately expelled the  ...
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<title>Finnish peace negotiator Ahtisaari wins Nobel Peace Prize</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192486866</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 15:53 GMT</pubDate>
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...  and Asia. Concerned by reports that Chinese human rights activists are also considered for the prize,  ...  Helps bring an end to conflict in Kosovo as UN mediator 2001: Arms inspector in  ...
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<title>Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union on the occasion of the World Day against the Death Penalty (10October)</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192485977</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 15:51 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  initiatives in order to create a mass movement of conscience. The Candidate Countries Turkey, Croatia* and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia*, the Country of the Stabilisation and Association Process and potential candidate Albania and the  ...
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<title>NOBEL SHOWS AHTISAARI WAS RIGHT ON KOSOVO: SARKOZY</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192480987</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 15:33 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Ahtisaari&apos;s efforts to end the conflict in Kosovo by proposing a form of supervised independence  ...  to advancing the cause of conflict resolution.&quot; Human rights minister Rama Yade described Ahtisaari as &quot;one  ...  of conflicts as diverse as Namibia and Bosnia-Hercegovina,&quot; said Yade. ...
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<title>Finnish ex-president wins peace prize</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192475887</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 14:51 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  in conflicts from Namibia and Aceh to Kosovo and Iraq. &quot;He has also made constructive  ...  mediated. Ahtisaari was also chairman of the Bosnia-Herzegovina working group in the international peace conference  ...  in the international peace conference on former Yugoslavia from 1992 to 1993, and was special  ...
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<title>Oslo: Finland&apos;s ex-president wins Nobel</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192475356</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 14:51 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  in conflicts from Namibia and Aceh to Kosovo and Iraq. &quot;He has also made constructive  ...  she wanted to keep speaking out on human rights, but was afraid due to intimidation. &quot;I  ...
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<title>Selection of peace candidates a tricky matter - Feature</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192474818</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 14:51 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  trend include the 2004 selection of Kenyan human rights activist and environmentalist Wangari Maathai and the  ...  a solution to the status of the Serbian province of Kosovo angered Belgrade and Serbia&apos;s traditional ally, Moscow.  ...
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<title>Global troubleshooter Ahtisaari wins Nobel Peace Prize</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192469412</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 14:31 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  helping end conflicts in troublespots ranging from Kosovo to hailed the 71-year-old Ahtisaari &quot;for his  ...  bringing an end to hostilities in the Serbian province. He recommended independence for the breakaway  ...  Vanhanen saying &quot;his commitment to peace and human rights is remarkable.&quot; With its decision to hand  ...
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<title>Halonen and Vanhanen express delight at Ahtisaari award</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192467451</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 14:28 GMT</pubDate>
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...  remember well his key role in resolving Kosovo&amp;rsquo;s status and his successful efforts in Aceh  ...  was greeted with delight, but Russian and Serbian comments were considerably less than enthusiastic. Russia  ...  Deputy Secretary of State - who persuaded Yugoslav leader Milosevic of the need to accept  ...
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