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Three Americans Share Nobel Prize for Medicine

Three Americans Share Nobel Prize for Medicine

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded this year to three American scientists who solved a problem of cell biology with deep relevance to cancer and aging. The three will receive equal shares of a prize worth around $1.4 million.

 

Myanmar judges reject Suu Kyi's appeal: lawyers

A Myanmar court Friday rejected an appeal by pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi against her extended house arrest, just days after the US re-engaged with the country's ruling junta. Judges at a divisional court in Yangon upheld the Nobel ...

 

Kim Dae-jung, 83, Ex-President of S. Korea, Is Dead

Mr. Kim survived a death sentence and an assassination attempt by past military dictators before winning the presidency and receiving a Nobel Peace Prize.

 

Myanmar Again Closes Trial of Democracy Activist

Myanmar Again Closes Trial of Democracy Activist

With outrage growing over its prosecution of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s junta again closed her trial to diplomats.

 

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