Oct. 6 memorial in Texas for Norman Borlaug, a Nobel laureate who saved millions from hunger

October 9th, 2009 Carter: Obama's Nobel 'bold statement' of supportWASHINGTON — Former President Jimmy Carter says the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to President Barack Obama is a "bold statement of international support for his vision and commitment." Carter won the peace prize himself in 2002, two decades after leaving office. In a statement, he described the Nobel committee's decision Friday as support for Obama's work toward peace and harmony in international relations.

October 9th, 2009 A list of US winners of the Nobel Peace PrizePresident Barack Obama is not the first sitting U.S. president to receive the Nobel Peace Prize — Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt were the first two, and he joins a long list of Americans whose efforts have drawn the attention of the Norwegian Nobel Committee.

October 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.

October 6th, 2009 Gates, Vilsack eulogize Borlaug at memorialCOLLEGE STATION, Texas — Colleagues of Norman Borlaug memorialized the Nobel Peace Prize winner as a great hunger fighter. About 1,000 attended a memorial Tuesday at Texas A&M University for the teacher and scientist.

October 6th, 2009 Gates: Borlaug built armies of agriculture workersCOLLEGE STATION, Texas — Colleagues and friends of Norman Borlaug remembered the Nobel Peace Prize winner on Tuesday as a humanitarian who "built armies of agricultural workers" to combat famine in the world's developing countries. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who was president of Texas A&M University during the scientist's tenure at the school, told about 1,000 who attended the memorial that Borlaug was a teacher, a scientist and a warrior against hunger.

October 6th, 2009 Texas A&M holds memorial for Nobel winner BorlaugCOLLEGE STATION, Texas — Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack are to speak at a memorial for Nobel Peace Prize winner and agricultural scientist Norman Borlaug. The Tuesday ceremony will be held at Texas A&M University's College Station campus.

October 6th, 2009 Robert Gates: Borlaug a 'warrior against hunger'COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Colleagues and friends of Norman Borlaug remembered the Nobel Peace Prize winner on Tuesday as a humanitarian who "built armies of agricultural workers" to combat famine in the world's developing countries. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who was president of Texas A&M University during the scientist's tenure at the school, told about 1,000 who attended the memorial that Borlaug was a teacher, a scientist and a warrior against hunger.

October 5th, 2009 A look at women who have won Nobel PrizesOnly 37 women have received Nobel Prizes since they were first handed out in 1901. The latest — Elizabeth H.

September 13th, 2009 Borlaug, who saved millions from hunger, diesDALLAS — Scientist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Norman Borlaug rose from his childhood on an Iowa farm to develop a type of wheat that helped feed the world, fostering a movement that is credited with saving up to 1 billion people from starvation. Borlaug, 95, died Saturday from complications of cancer at his Dallas home, said Kathleen Phillips, a spokesman for Texas A&M University where Borlaug was a distinguished professor.

September 13th, 2009 According to the sources, Nobel laureate Norman Borlaug, who is known as the father of the Green Revolution in agriculture reportedly took his last breathe on Saturday in the US state of Texas. Norman was 95.

September 12th, 2009 Nobel Peace Prize winner Norman Borlaug dies at 95DALLAS — Agricultural scientist Norman Borlaug, the father of the "green revolution" who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in combating world hunger and saving hundreds of millions of lives, died Saturday in Texas, a Texas A&M University spokeswoman said. He was 95. Borlaug died Saturday night at his home in Dallas from complications of cancer, school spokeswoman Kathleen Phillips said.

September 12th, 2009 A look at honors bestowed on Norman BorlaugAgricultural scientist Norman Borlaug, the father of the "green revolution," died Saturday at his home in Dallas at age 95. Here is a look at some of the honors he received: —Nobel Peace Prize, 1970 —Election to the U.S.

April 24th, 2009 Nobel laureate Morrison dedicates bench in OhioOBERLIN, Ohio — Nobel Prize-winning writer Toni Morrison says her campaign to commemorate African-American historical sites has brought her home. Morrison was in Ohio on Thursday to dedicate a memorial bench in Oberlin, a stop on the Underground Railroad.

April 21st, 2009 MADRID - A decade-old plagiarism case could be reopened in Spain against 1989 Nobel Literature Prize winner Camilo Jose Cela, the daily El Pais reported Tuesday. As Cela died in 2002, the judicial complaint now targets Jose Manuel Lara, head of the Planeta publishing house who is being accused of helping Cela plagiarise Maria del Carmen Formoso's 1994 novel 'Carmen, Carmela, Carmina'.

April 18th, 2009 MEXICO CITY - India's Prakash Amritraj crashed out in the quarter-finals of $35,000 ATP challenger tennis tournament, losing to Belgian Dick Norman. Prakash, seeded eighth, went down to Norman 4-6, 3-6 here Friday.