President Obama Congratulates Nobel Peace Prize Winners
The White House, Washington,D.C On behalf of the American people, I congratulate the recipients of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee of Liberia, and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen.
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Supreme Court of Liberia Dismisses Writ of Prohibition
Monrovia, Liberia The Supreme Court of Liberia has dismissed a writ of prohibition filed by the Movement for Progressive Change (MPC) of businessman Simeon Freeman, which sought the disqualification of six Presidential candidates in the race, including incumbent President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and the leader of the main opposition Congress for Democratic Change Cllr. Winston Tubman.
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Liberian, Yemeni Women Win Nobel Peace Prize
Oslo, Norway Three women who have campaigned for rights and an end to violence in Liberia and Yemen, including Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, won the Nobel Peace Prize today, the head of the Norwegian Nobel Committee said.
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