Ostrom says it's an honor to be the 1st woman to win Nobel economic prize; thanks husbandOctober 12th, 2009 Ostrom thanks husband, colleagues for Nobel prizeBLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Elinor Ostrom says it's an honor to be the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in economics — and she promises she won't be the last.
2009 a record year for women Nobel winnersOctober 12th, 2009 STOCKHOLM - The shared Nobel economics prize for Elinor Ostrom of the US Monday further underscored that 2009 was a record-year for women prize winners. Ostrom, of Indiana University in Bloomington, became the first woman to win a Nobel prize for economics.
Obama's Nobel win positive, says Fidel CastroOctober 11th, 2009 HAVANA - The decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to US President Barack Obama was "a positive measure and compensates his defeat in Copenhagen when Rio de Janeiro was picked as a site for 2016 Olympic Games", Cuban leader Fidel Castro has said. He added that Obama's Nobel win could be considered a condemnation of the "genocidal policies" of some of the former US presidents.
Obama Nobel reflects badly on his predecessors: CastroOctober 10th, 2009 HAVANA - Former Cuban president Fidel Castro Saturday described the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to US President Barack Obama as a "positive measure" that marked a criticism of the "genocidal policies" of previous US presidents. "Many will say that he still hasn't earned the right to receive such distinction," the 83-year-old Cuban revolutionary leader said in a statement released in Havana.
Fidel Castro calls Nobel Peace Prize for Obama repudiation of America's past policiesOctober 10th, 2009 Fidel Castro calls Obama Nobel positive measureHAVANA — Count Fidel Castro among those in favor of the Norwegian Nobel Committee's controversial choice of U.S. President Barack Obama for the Nobel Peace prize.
GOP uses Obama's peace prize to raise funds, even as Medvedev hails the awardOctober 10th, 2009 GOP mocks Obama's peace prize, Russians praise itWASHINGTON — While Russia's president congratulated President Barack Obama for winning the Nobel Peace Prize, Republicans see the award as so outrageous that they're using it to raise campaign money. Obama won the prize "for awesomeness," says the mocking GOP fundraising letter.
Nobel Peace Prize - trivia and moreOctober 9th, 2009 LONDON - The Nobel Peace Prize, the world's most recognised award for efforts to bring about global peace, was founded by Alfred Nobel, who gave a chunk of his personal fortune to fund the prizes. The first Nobel Peace Prize was given in 1901.
Former Vice President and Nobel Laureate Al Gore says Obama's prize well deservedOctober 9th, 2009 Gore calls Obama's Nobel Prize win well deservedWASHINGTON — Former vice president and Nobel Laureate Al Gore is calling President Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize win extremely well deserved and an honor for the country. Gore shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 for his work on global warming.
Manmohan hails Obama's Nobel winOctober 9th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday conveyed his wholehearted congratulations to US President Barack Obama for winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Manmohan Singh told reporters here that he had not heard of the news.
Judge in Fla. orders Cuba to pay $27.5M to mother of journalist jailed in 2003September 2nd, 2009 Judge: Cuba must pay $27.5M for jailing journalistMIAMI — A federal judge ordered the Cuban government and the ruling Communist Party on Wednesday to pay $27.5 million in damages to the mother of a journalist jailed since a 2003 crackdown on dissent. U.S. District Judge Alan S.
Diplomats from 5 European Union embassies visit wife of jailed Cuban political activistAugust 27th, 2009 EU embassies visit wife of jailed Cuban dissidentHAVANA — Representatives from five European Union embassies in Cuba visited the wife of jailed political opposition activist Darsi Ferrer on Thursday, but insisted their visit was not political. Diplomats from Sweden, Great Britain, Hungary, Poland and Germany saw Ferrer's wife, Yusnaimy Jorge Soca, at her Havana home and brought donated items including food and clothing.
Iranian Nobel laureate calls for Europe-Iran talksJuly 13th, 2009 BONN - Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi called Monday for European nations to open direct talks with Tehran rather than criticise its policies from afar. "They would be able to prove this way that they are not just paying lip service to human rights but acting in pursuit of them," said Ebadi in Bonn during a visit to the offices of the broadcaster Deutsche Welle.
Clive Granger, U. of Calif. economist who shared Nobel for work with statistics, dies at 74June 2nd, 2009 Nobel-winning economist Clive Granger dies at 74SAN DIEGO — Economist Clive W.J. Granger, who shared a Nobel Prize for work that changed how analysts look at financial data, has died in San Diego.
Cuban dissidents hail Obama for lifting travel curbsApril 14th, 2009 HAVANA - Cuban dissidents have described as 'excellent' the news that US President Barack Obama has decided to lift restrictions on Cuban Americans' travel and remittances to the island. 'It looks like an excellent thing to me, very positive, one that the Cuban people will receive joyfully,' economist Oscar Espinosa Chepe, one of the 75 dissidents jailed in 2003 crackdown and who is now on a medical parole, told EFE.
Cuba willing to swap dissidents with spies held in US: MinisterJanuary 28th, 2009 HAVANA - Cuba's foreign minister has said that his country is willing to release jailed dissidents in exchange for the return of the five Cuban intelligence agents imprisoned in the US, EFE reported Thursday. The swap was first proposed last month by Cuban President Raul Castro during an official visit to Brazil.
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