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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10469
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (ae) eu/human rights

Three women awarded Nobel Peace Prize

Brussels, 07/10/2011 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 7 October, the three presidents, Herman Van Rompuy, José Manuel Barroso and Jerzy Buzek, congratulated Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, and two human rights activists, Leymah Gbowee of Liberia and Tawakkoul Karman of Yemen, on winning the Nobel Peace Prize 2011, “the icons of our time for the whole of humanity”, as Buzek describes them. “The decision of the Nobel Peace Committee is recognition of the pivotal role women play in...

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