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Carter’s single term in the White House stirred controversy for more than 40 years
Former US President Jimmy Carter was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1981 for his humanitarian and peace initiatives. Carter won it for “his efforts in promoting the elimination of poverty, injustice, and violence in all its forms”. He also won the Peace Prize in 1982 for his “struggle to end the Vietnam War”, stating,…
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America needs more Jimmy Carters
Ex-US President Jimmy Carter passed away on Tuesday at the age of 90 due to cancer. Carter, who served as US President from 1977 to 1981, is remembered for freeing 52 Americans and a diplomat in Iran after the 1979 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ seizure of 52 US hostages. He was honoured with the Nobel…
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The Memorial and the Center for civil Liberties won the peace prize.
The Centre for Civil Liberties, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for promoting the right to criticise power, protection of fundamental rights of citizens and documenting war crimes, said the award was important for the organisation because “for many years we worked in a country that was invisible”. It was founded in…