Posts Tagged ‘peace’

Despite video outrage, no halt to peace talk moves (AP)

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton expresses her dismay at emerging reports of U.S. Marines allegedly desecrating the bodies of Taliban fighters killed in Afghanistan, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, during a news conference with Algerian Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci, at the State Department in Washington.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP – Pentagon officials worry that outrage over a video purporting to depict Marines urinating on Taliban corpses will tarnish the reputation of the entire military. Some also fear it could undermine prospects for exploratory Afghan peace talks.


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Pope: ‘Young people’ need to be ‘builders of peace’

Pope Benedict XVI in his New Year’s homily Sunday praised young people as key to securing a future of hope despite what he called “shadows on the horizon of today’s world.”

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Nigerian blasts mar pope’s Christmas peace appeal (AP)

Pope Benedict XVI delivers his blessing as he leaves after celebrating Christmas Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)AP – Pope Benedict XVI’s Christmas plea for peace around the world has been brutally ignored in Nigeria, where an explosion claimed by Muslim radicals ripped through a Catholic church during Mass.


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Drug busts bring hope for peace in Bronx complexes

Senior citizens chatting and people walking dogs in the sunshine formed a tranquil picture at the Parkside Houses last week, after a violent crack gang was taken down.

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Pakistani Taliban spokesman denies group in peace talks

A Pakistani Taliban spokesman denied Sunday an earlier announcement by the militant group’s deputy chief that it was holding peace talks with the government.

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3 women accept Nobel Peace Prize (AP)

From left to right :  Husband of Tawakkol Karman, Mohammed al-Nahmi; son of Leymah Gbowee, Arthur Mensah; Sissel Marie Rønbeck; Inger-Marie Ytterhorn; Thorbjørn Jagland; Leymah Gbowee; Tawakkol Karman; Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf; Kaci Kullmann Five; Geir Lundestad and son of Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, James Sirleaf; arrive at the Nobel committee's 'Little Dinner' at the Grand Hotel in Oslo,  Friday, Dec. 9 2011. (AP Photo /  Fredrik Varfjell / Scanpix) NORWAY OUTAP – Three women who fought injustice, dictatorship and sexual violence in Liberia and Yemen have received the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony in the Norwegian capital.


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Liberian president, activists win Nobel Peace Prize

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, her fellow countrywoman and activist Leyma Gbowee and human rights campaigner Tawakkul Karman, from Yemen, were all bestowed the coveted award.

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