Police raids Iran Nobel Laureate's office

"Iranian police on Sunday raided and closed the office of a watchdog group led by Iran's Nobel peace prize winner Shirin Ebadi ahead of a celebration to mark International Human Rights Day. Iran's judiciary...

Pikens Plan- Obama Names Energy Team

T. Boone Pickens Sent out this letter regarding Obams Energy Team Picks " Some big pieces of the puzzle got put in place this afternoon. President-elect Obama named his Energy Team, including Steven Chu as...

Nobel Prize ceremony : December 10, 2008.

"Members of the Swedish royal family attend the Nobel Prize ceremony in the concert hall in Stockholm December 10, 2008. From left are: Queen Silvia, Princess Madeleine, King Carl XVI Gustaf, Prince Carl Philip...

abird that can't fly

"As the Nobel Prize for Literature is set to be awarded to a French author next month, Vietnamese literary critics are speculating about why local writers have never received the honor."

Dalai Lama's condition stable

" NEW DELHI: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, who underwent an operation for removal of gall stones at a hospital here, is in a stable condition and would be discharged at the end of this...

Finland's Martti Ahtisaari wins 2008 Nobel peace prize

Finland's former president, Matti Ahtisaari has received Nobel peace prize 2008. Mr. Ahtisaari has been a possible winner several times earlier. Mr. Ahtisaari has worked at Aceh and with  Kosovo. A week ago...

Nobel Peace Prize goes to Finland's ex-president Ahtisaari

Nobel prize jury members must have taken care of  Chinese stand on Nobel peace prize issue while finalising the winner.This years peace award won by peace negotiator Martti Ahtisaari from Finland.Amidst of...

Chemistry NOBEL for GFP goes to Two Americans, one Japanese

This years nobel for chemistry has been awarded to Osamu Shimomura (Marine Biological Laboratory )of Japan and Americans Martin Chalfie(Columbia University )and Roger Tsien(University of California) for their...

Two Japanese, American win 2008 physics Nobel

Subatomic partical behaviour study gets this year nobel for physics.Yoichiro Nambu,Makato Kobayashi and Toshihide Maskawa jointly shared the prize for their contribution to show why universe is  made up mostly of...

Nobel physics award split three ways

"Two researchers from Japan and an American colleague have been awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize for Physics. Half of the award will go to Yoichiro Nambu from the University of Chicago’s Enrico Fermi Institute “for the discovery of the mechanism of spontaneous broken...

Discoverers of HIV virus win share of Nobel Medicine Prize

Considering the serious challange posed by HIV, Nobel prize committe has decided to give this year's award to the scientists who discovered HIV. The Scientists will share the Nobel prize for medicine with the...

Tutu says he'd welcome new South African opposition party

" Archbishop Desmond Tutu would welcome the creation of a viable opposition in South Africa, after ruling party infighting forced former president Thabo Mbeki to resign, in remarks published Sunday. The Nobel...

Indians win 'alternative Nobel'

This is great news for all Indians who are constantly working for the upliftment of downtroden.India is a land of diversity,several languages , several casts,make it a unique cultural masterpiece.But along with...

Chinese dissident tipped to win Nobel peace prize

"  Gwladys Fouché in Oslo Wednesday September 24 2008 13:06 BST . This year's Nobel peace prize could be awarded to a Chinese dissident to highlight China's human rights record in the wake of the...

No Nobel Prize for President Gayoom! Say People of Maldives

"When Dictator Maumoon Abdul Gayoom asked the Royal Commonwealth Society in London “Is there a Right to a Safe Environment?” and argued that climate change was a human issue linked to human rights, those who...

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