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Dead Nobel medicine winner to keep prize – msnbc.com
The Guardian Dead Nobel medicine winner to keep prizemsnbc.comSTOCKHOLM — RalphSteinman proved the importance of his Nobel prize-winning research in a most personal way, using his own discoveries to fight the pancreatic cancer that eventually killed him just days before the award was announced. …Cancer kills Nobel physician before hears of prizeReutersScientist wins Nobel... »
Cancer kills Nobel physician before hears of prize – Reuters
msnbc.com Cancer kills Nobel physician before hears of prizeReutersSTOCKHOLM (Reuters) – A scientist who won the Nobel prize for medicine on Monday used his own discoveries to treat himself for cancer, but died of the disease just days before he could be told of the award. …Nobel medicine winner died days before honormsnbc.comOne of... »
Maathai: World mourns passing of ‘true African heroine’ – CNN International
The Guardian Maathai: World mourns passing of 'true African heroine'CNN International(CNN) — World leaders have paid tribute to Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai who passed away while having treatment for ovarian cancer on Monday. Archbishop Desmond Tutu praised Maathai as a true …First African woman to win Nobel Peace Prize dies of cancer aged 71Daily... »
Protesters gather in Beijing before Nobel ceremony – CNN International
Telegraph.co.uk Protesters gather in Beijing before Nobel ceremonyCNN InternationalBy the CNN Wire Staff A man walks in front of a poster of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo at an exhibition at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway, on Thursday. (CNN) — Groups of protesters gathered outside the Norwegian Embassy and United …China... »
Nobel head says Liu’s prize based on "universal values" – Reuters
The Hindu Nobel head says Liu's prize based on "universal values"ReutersWorkers prepare the Nobel Peace Prize laureate exhibition ''I Have No Enemies'' for Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo December 9, 2010. By Wojciech Moskwa and Sui-Lee Wee OSLO/BEIJING (Reuters) – The Nobel Peace Prize panel …China Moves to... »
Governments, human rights group respond to Nobel Peace Prize win – CNN International
The Guardian (blog) Governments, human rights group respond to Nobel Peace Prize winCNN InternationalBy the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) — Governments and human rights leaders worldwide responded to the decision to give the Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo, a leading Chinese dissident who is serving an 11-year prison term. "The Nobel Peace Prize... »
Chinese dissident wins Nobel Peace Prize – CNN International
msnbc.com Chinese dissident wins Nobel Peace PrizeCNN InternationalBy the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) — The 2010 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Liu Xiaobo, a leading Chinese dissident who is serving an 11-year prison term, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced Friday. Liu was sentenced in 2009 to 11 years in prison …China's Liu... »
Economist Paul Samuelson Dies – Wall Street Journal
Boston Globe Economist Paul Samuelson DiesWall Street JournalPaul A. Samuelson, whose analytical work laid the foundation for modern economics, died Sunday. He was 94. Mr. Samuelson, the first American to win the Nobel Prize in economics and the author of one of the …Paul Samuelson, Nobel Economics Laureate, Author, Dies at 94BloombergEconomist Paul Samuelson... »
Paul A. Samuelson, Groundbreaking Economist, Dies at 94 – New York Times
AFP Paul A. Samuelson, Groundbreaking Economist, Dies at 94New York TimesThe economist Paul Samuelson discussed the implications of outsourcing in his office at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2004. By MICHAEL M. WEINSTEIN Paul A. Samuelson, the first American Nobel laureate in economics and the foremost …Economist Paul Samuelson Dies at 94Wall Street... »
Mystery of a Spiral of Light Over Norway Has Been Solved – FOXNews
CBC.ca Mystery of a Spiral of Light Over Norway Has Been SolvedFOXNewsThe day before President Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, a mysterious spiral of light could be seen in the sky. Now the Norwegians say the light display is believed to have come from a failed Russian test-firing of a... »