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A voluntary Syrian aid group called White Helmets that assists civilian victims of the country’s civil war has been named as winner of the Right Livelihood Award often called as “Alternative Nobel Prize Award” Other winners : Russian activist Svetlana...

Cross posted from The Stars Hollow Gazette This is your morning Open Thread. Pour your favorite beverage and review the past and comment on the future. December 10 is the 344th day of the year (345th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There...

The Nobel Prize in Literature is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Swedish industrial tycoon Alfred Nobel in 1895. It has been awarded annually since 1901 (minus a few years when it was not awarded). It is considered the world...

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Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on Saturday, touting the honor as a “gift from heaven” for his efforts in ending the 50-year civil war in Colombia. “With this agreement, we can say that the American continent –...