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April 18, 2012

Nobel Peace Laureate Withdraws From Summit Over U.S. Role 
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The Nobel Peace laureate Mairead Corrigan Maguire has pulled out of an
upcoming gathering of Nobel winners in Chicago over the involvement of
the State Department. Maguire, a 1976 Nobel winner for her peacemaking
efforts in Northern Ireland, says she will not attend the World Summit
of Nobel Peace Laureates, saying: "I have, as a Nobel Peace Laureate,
(and in the spirit of Alfred Nobel) often called for disbandment of
NATO, end of militarism and war, and for disarmament and
demilitarization. I cannot therefore, in good conscience, be part of a
partnership with the U.S. state government."

 

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