Nobel Peace Prize

Ending the Khomeinist regime will take sustained civil resistance by Iranians, says Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi, but there are ways for other countries to help

The director of ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ on his latest film, about an ordinary girl who has made extraordinary choices

I suppose it could have been worse. The Norwegian Nobel Committee might have awarded this year’s peace prize to U.S. President Barack Obama again. But aside from that, it’s hard to imagine a more ridiculous recipient than the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

Paul Wells on a recognition that is long overdue

Cobourg, Ontario – Trans-Canada distance: 2,869 km

Award seen as impetus to the cause for women’s rights internationally

The RCMP officers involved in Robert Dziekanski’s death face perjury charges, while scientists prove Einstein was right

After two decades under house arrest, peace activist Aung San Suu Kyi is free, and her quiet fight for democracy begins again

Emma Watson’s really big moment, the Dog Whisperer’s disappointing day, Pamela Anderson’s good deed’s too dirty

Obama’s Nobel Prize is hasty, incongruous and an embarrassment to all involved

Glen Pearson considers Barack Obama’s Nobel Prize, Stephen Harper and Michael Ignatieff.

The President’s win is like ‘The Secret’ being unleashed on the worldwide political stage