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Quote of the Day by Liu Xiaobo: “There is no force that can put an end to the human quest for freedom.” — a simple and powerful message about freedom, hope, and the human spiritToday’s Quote of the Day by Liu Xiaobo talks about freedom and hope. It reminds people that the desire to be free never ends. The message i...- Five Nobel Peace laureates who won from jailNarges Mohammadi, an Iranian rights campaigner, has become the fifth Nobel Peace Prize laureate to win the award while being imprisoned. Sh...
- Pandemic foils Nobel prize festivitiesThe Nobel prizes are traditionally awarded at formal ceremonies on December 10, the anniversary of the 1896 death of prize creator Alfred N...
- India is streets ahead of US and Russia when it comes to renaming roadsLong before New Delhi’s Aurangzeb Road leapfrogged three centuries to become Dr A P J Abdul Kalam Road, the street on which the US consulat...
- China crushed Liu Xiaobo to make an example of anyone who challenges Communist powerLiu Xiaobo is a victim of two trends that converge under Xi: the re-centralisation of authority after a relatively less repressive decade o...
- China says awarding Nobel Prize to Liu Xiaobo was 'blasphemy'The death of Liu lays bare the Chinese government's ruthlessness toward peaceful proponents of human rights and democracy, Human Rights Wat...
- Human rights groups say Liu's death shows China's 'arrogance'The death of Liu lays bare the Chinese government's ruthlessness toward peaceful proponents of human rights and democracy, Human Rights Wat...
- Can street battles affect any outcome?Iran may rename the street in Tehran on which the Embassy of Saudi Arabia stands after the Shia cleric the Saudis executed, Sheikh Nimr al-...
- Amal Clooney to defend jailed ex-Maldives President Mohamed NasheedClooney, who has advised the United Nations in the past, has agreed to take up Nasheed’s case and will assisted by Jared Genser.
- The subtle and not-so-subtle politics of naming roads and streetsIt’s been 45 years since the then-Left Front cheekily renamed the street outside the US Consulate in Kolkata after Ho Chi Minh.
- When Nobel Peace Prize strikes a discordant noteMalala Yousafzai was said to be a favourite, and reportedly, the Taliban, who shot her, “expressed happiness” when she didn’t get the prize.
- Who's afraid of Julian Assange of WikiLeaks? EveryoneThere were no high-fives for Liu from most world leaders as China slammed the Nobel peace prize winner for talking freedom and liberty.
- Wen may focus on defence tiesChina’s assistant foreign minister Hu Zhengyue on Monday gave no indication of Beijing’s unhappiness over India’s decision to attend the No...
- Nobel cause: Gere duels dragon over Liu XiaoboHollywood icon and a staunch supporter of the Dalai Lama, Richard Gere has taken up cudgels on behalf of Liu Xiaobo, the Chinese rights act...
- Nobel jury chief places Peace Prize on Liu's empty chairThe head of the Nobel Committee on Friday placed the Peace Prize diploma and gold medal on an empty chair representing absent laureate Liu ...
- Nobel 'not a prize against China': head of prize committeeThe head of the Nobel Committee insisted Thursday this year's choice of peace laureate, jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, was not "again...
- Nobel to Chinese dissident: Indian envoy awaits ordersThe Indian govt is treading cautiously on the issue but has decided to let its envoy attend the function, as has been the practice in the p...
- China ups pressure on India to miss Nobel Peace Prize ceremonyThe Chinese foreign ministry indicated on Tuesday it expected 100 countries including India to be absent at the ceremony for presenting the...
- UK's Cameron visits China seeking trade, influenceBritain's Prime Minister David Cameron leads his country's largest ever official delegation to China, hoping to win trade and woo a powerfu...
- Ig Nobels Cannot Be IgnoredIn the hullabaloo over the Nobel prize awardees every year, the Ig Nobels usually get, well, ignored.
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