http://www.earthtimes.org The Earth Times online newspaper, serving the planet with news that matters. Covering current affairs, world news, environmental affairs and sport en-us PHP/4.4.4 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289458,president-obama-wins-surprise-nobel-peace-prize--summary.html Oslo - The announcement of US President Barack Obama as winner of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize for extraordinary efforts to strengthe... US,World Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:46:53 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289458,president-obama-wins-surprise-nobel-peace-prize--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289453,japan-congratulates-obama-on-peace-prize-win.html Tokyo - Japan welcomed the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to US President Barack Obama on FridayPrime Minister Yukio Hatoyama he was really pleased at Obama's win and wanted to congratulate him from the heart, the Kyodo news agency reported. ... Asia,World Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:35:05 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289453,japan-congratulates-obama-on-peace-prize-win.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290526,magris-criticizes-pop-politics-in-italy-and-france.html Frankfurt - Claudio Magris, 70, the author set to receive the German Book Trade Peace Prize this weekend, voiced Friday his distaste at the pop politics in France and his native Italy. He said the conduct of politics under Italian Prime Minister Si... Europe,World Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:52:43 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290526,magris-criticizes-pop-politics-in-italy-and-france.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289984,birgit-nilsson-prize-to-placido-domingo--feature.html Stockholm - Spanish opera singer Placido Domingo was Tuesday evening to become the first recipient of the Birgit Nilsson Prize aimed at honouring the performing artist, and created by the late Swedish star soprano Birgit Nilsson. Nilsson who died i... Entertainment Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:34:42 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289984,birgit-nilsson-prize-to-placido-domingo--feature.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291331,russian-human-rights-activists-win-eus-sakharov-prize--summary.html Strasbourg, France/Moscow - Three Russian human rights activists who campaigned to shed light on the crimes of the Soviet Union have won the European Parliament's Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought, parliament president Jerzy Buzek announced Thurs... Europe,World Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:22:40 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291331,russian-human-rights-activists-win-eus-sakharov-prize--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291556,danish-film-about-gay-neo-nazis-wins-rome-film-festivals-top-prize.html Rome - Danish director Nicolo Donato's film Brotherhood, about two men who become lovers after joining a gang of neo-Nazis, won Friday the Rome Film Festival's Golden Marc'Aurelio Best Film prize. Veteran British star Helen Mirren picked up the Silve... Entertainment Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:10:51 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291556,danish-film-about-gay-neo-nazis-wins-rome-film-festivals-top-prize.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289452,zimbabwes-tsvangirai-says-obama-deserves-nobel.html Valladolid, Spain - Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Friday congratulated US President Barack Obama for winning the Nobel Peace Prize, saying he deserved it. Tsvangirai, who had himself been tipped for the Nobel, was speaking in the S... Africa,World Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:28:53 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289452,zimbabwes-tsvangirai-says-obama-deserves-nobel.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289451,german-foreign-minister-praises-obama-award.html Berlin - Germany's outgoing foreign minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, interpreted the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to US President Barack Obama on Friday as a way of urging the world to work step by step to peace and nuclear disarmament. In a writ... Europe,World Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:22:51 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289451,german-foreign-minister-praises-obama-award.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294101,gorbachev-and-walesa-in-row-at-german-unification-celebrations.html Berlin - Nobel Peace Prize winners Mikhail Gorbachev and Lech Walesa engaged in a round of tit-for-tat rebukes Tuesday as the pair celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Wall in Berlin. After the Polish Solidarity union leader Walesa last... Europe,World Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:04:26 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294101,gorbachev-and-walesa-in-row-at-german-unification-celebrations.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293032,stephen-daldry-to-judge-young-talent-panel-at-berlinale-festival.html Berlin - Stephen Daldry, director of The Reader, is to head the jury rewarding young talent at next year's Berlinale film festival, organizers announced Tuesday. The Berlin Today prize, which Daldry is to preside over, will go to one of five short fi... Europe,World Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:10:27 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293032,stephen-daldry-to-judge-young-talent-panel-at-berlinale-festival.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294397,french-culture-minister-stays-out-of-censorship-controversy.html Paris - French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterand said Thursday he would not arbitrate in the controversy over the demand by a conservative politician that the winner of France's most prestigious literary prize censor herself. Mitterand, who was one... Culture,General Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:58:18 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/294397,french-culture-minister-stays-out-of-censorship-controversy.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295603,millions-of-children-select-mandela-machel-for-rights-prize.html Stockholm - Former South African president Nelson Mandela and his wife Graca Machel were Friday named winners of a children's rights prize in a vote involving over 7 million children worldwide. We are extremely honoured to have been voted as the Dec... World Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:04:20 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295603,millions-of-children-select-mandela-machel-for-rights-prize.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295174,audi-a5-awarded-top-german-prize-for-design.html Ingolstadt, Germany - The Audi A5 Sportback has been awarded the top German prize for design. The German Design Council said it would present the Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany at the opening ceremony of the International Ambiente Fa... Cars,General Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:10:32 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295174,audi-a5-awarded-top-german-prize-for-design.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289448,report-obama-humbled-by-peace-prize.html Washington - US President Barack Obama was humbled by receiving the Nobel peace prize on Friday, broadcast reports said. Obama was awakened with the news after the 5 am announcement, White House sources told NBC and CNN. ... US,World Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:11:02 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289448,report-obama-humbled-by-peace-prize.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289445,refile-profile-barack-obama-us-president-nobel-laureate.html Washington - US President Barack Obama has been in the White House less than nine months - but can now add a Nobel Peace Prize to his achievement in becoming the first black leader of the world's only superpower... US,World Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:59:03 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289445,refile-profile-barack-obama-us-president-nobel-laureate.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289442,obamas-in-kenya-express-pride-over-nobel-for-barack-obama.html Nairobi - US President Barack Obama's Kenyan family on Friday expressed their pride at his being a awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. We are very proud about the award for Barak. This is a great honour, Obama's uncle Said Obama, who lives in Kogel... Africa,World Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:52:57 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289442,obamas-in-kenya-express-pride-over-nobel-for-barack-obama.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289437,israel-congratulates-obama-hopes-prize-will-boost-mideast-peace.html Tel Aviv - Israeli leaders congratulated US President Barack Obama Friday on winning the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, saying they hoped it would add force to his efforts to push for peace in the Middle East. President Shimon Peres sent a message to Obama,... Middle East,World Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:47:06 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289437,israel-congratulates-obama-hopes-prize-will-boost-mideast-peace.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289436,nuclear-test-ban-chief-prize-strengthens-obama-on-disarmament.html Vienna - The head of the international nuclear test ban organization, Tibor Toth, on Friday said the Nobel Prize for Peace awarded to Barack Obama would strengthen the US president on his arduous path towards nuclear disarmament. Toth, the Executiv... World Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:34:56 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289436,nuclear-test-ban-chief-prize-strengthens-obama-on-disarmament.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289435,philippine-leader-congratulates-obama-for-well-deserved-nobel.html Manila - Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Friday congratulated US President Barack Obama for winning this year's Nobel Peace Prize, a spokesman said. Arroyo said the award, which came as a surprise, was well-deserved for the US presi... Asia,World Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:34:55 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289435,philippine-leader-congratulates-obama-for-well-deserved-nobel.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289434,sarkozy-expresses-great-joy-at-obamas-nobel-peace-prize.html Paris - French President Nicolas Sarkozy wrote a letter Wednesday to US President Barack Obama in which he expressed his very great joy at learning of Obama's receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. In awarding Obama what he called its most prestigious p... Europe,World Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:29:01 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289434,sarkozy-expresses-great-joy-at-obamas-nobel-peace-prize.html