Nobel Peace Prize http://www.nobelprize.

org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2010/# Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (Alex) 24th and current president of Liberia
Prize motivation: "for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for womens rights to full participation in peace-building work"

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2011/johnson_sirleaf.html Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was schooled in the U.S. before serving in the government of her native Liberia. A military coup in 1980 sent her into exile, but she returned in 1985 to speak out against the military regime. She was forced to briefly leave the country again. When she won the 2005 election, Johnson-Sirleaf became the first female elected head of state in Africa. In 2011, she was one of a trio of women to win the Nobel Peace Prize. -This website provided a biography of Sirleaf as well as information about the Nobel Peace Prize. This website also provides biographies of other Nobel Peace Prize Winners. http://www.biography.com/people/ellen-johnson-sirleaf-201269 -This website provides a detailed biography of Sirleaf and information about her Nobel Peace Prize work as well as other achievements. Picture: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ellen_Johnson-Sirleaf,_April_2010.jpg

Liu Xiaobo (Leah) -http://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3029/prmID/172 This source is a biography of Liu Xiaobo. It tells about his work with human rights in China and his trouble with the government since. It is very informational and tells of his time fighting for the rights of the Chinese. -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QJGuPOMPvE &feature=player_embedded#!

This youtube video is a clip of Liu Xiabo speaking out about the need for human rights in China. In this video, Liu Xiabo tells the audience what the world can do to help China in their fight for rights.

Barack H. Obama (Carolyn) Nobel Prize - press release

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. The Committee has attached special importance to Obama's vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons.

NY Times article Picture Blog Podcast- Nobel Prize Acceptance Martti Ahtisaari (Alex)
Residence at the time of the award: Finland Prize motivation: "for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts" Field: Negotiation

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2008/ ahtisaari.html -This website provides information about Ahtisaaris Nobel Peace Prize work as well as a short biography. The website also provides information about other Nobel Peace Prize winners. Picture: http://www.unosek.org/images/Martti%20Ahtisaari.jpg

Al Gore Jr. (Holly) Nobel-Bio -This website is great if you want to learn more about the Nobel Peace Prize and it not only has information on the Peace Prize, but it also has everyone who has won it and information about them. Al Gore's website -This website is Al Gores personal website which allows you to see his bio and allows you to explore his findings of the work he has been doing. Picture
Former Vice President Al Gore is chairman of Current TV, an award winning, independently owned cable and satellite television nonfiction network for young people based on viewer-created content and citizen journalism. Al Gore is the co-winner, with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for "informing the world of the dangers posed by climate change." Prize motivation: "for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change"

Nobel Peace Prize General Info http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/shortfacts.html -dedicated to "the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses" -92 Nobel Peace Prizes have been awarded since 1901 -The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to 124 Laureates - 99 times to individuals and 23 times to organizations. Did you know?

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