Prize will help my work: Ebadi

Lawyer and human rights activist Shirin Ebadi was shocked on hearing that the Norwegian Nobel Committee had decided to honour her with the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize.She is the first Iranian and......

A Nobel Laureate in Kolkata's red light district

Nobel Peace prize winner Shirin Ebadi Thursday said she was against nuclear proliferation and protested the acquisition of atomic weapons by various countries, including India, in the name of......

An alternative to the jihadis

Those who are understandably anxious to prevent the inexorable slide to a bloody clash of civilisations will have cause to cheer the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Shirin Ebadi, the 56-year-old......

Nobel Peace Prize 2010 for Internet?

It's official. The Internet, which has virtually revolutionised the world, has been nominated for the '2010 Nobel Peace Prize'. The Internet was proposed by the Italian edition of the popular Wired......