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October 7, 2011

Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Trio of Women 
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The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to a trio of recipients:
Yemeni activist Tawakkul Karman; Liberian President Ellen Johnson
Sirleaf; and Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee. The three women were
cited "for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for
women's rights to full participation in peace-building work." The trio
of laureates follow only a dozen other women among 85 men to have won
the prize over its 110-year history.



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