Oct 13 Watch Bangladeshi Economist Awarded Nobel Peace Prize for Micro-credit Lending Schemes Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh and the Grameen Bank were jointly awarded the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for their pioneering work developing micro-credit lending schemes for the poor. An expert discusses microfinance schemes. Continue watching
Oct 12 Bangladesh Financial Pioneer Awarded Nobel Peace Prize By PBS News Hour Bangladeshi banker Muhammad Yunus and the bank he founded won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for their use of micro-credit loans to alleviate poverty in his home country. Continue reading
Oct 07 Peace Prize Goes to U.N. Group for Anti-Nuclear Efforts By PBS News Hour The United Nations' International Atomic Energy Agency and its head Mohamed ElBaradei won the Nobel Peace prize Friday for their diplomatic efforts with Iran and North Korea to curb the spread of atomic weapons. Continue reading
Oct 08 Nobel Peace Prize Goes to African Environmentalist The culmination of a week-long flurry of Nobel prize awards was Friday's announcement of Professor Wangari Maathai, an environmental activist from Kenya, as the Nobel Peace Prize winner. Continue reading
Dec 10 Watch Jimmy Carter’s Nobel Speech Nobel Peace Prize winner Jimmy Carter delivers the following speech after receiving the Nobel medal and diploma presentation in the Oslo City Hall. Continue watching
Oct 11 Former President Carter Wins 2002 Nobel Peace Prize Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter won the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his "untiring effort" to seek peaceful resolution for international conflicts and to advance basic human rights and democracy on several continents. Continue reading
Dec 10 U.N., Annan Accept Nobel Peace Prize U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan accepted the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the United Nations and himself Monday, marking the 100th anniversary of the Nobel awards. Continue reading