Countries Boycott Nobel Pecae Prize Ceremony

The number of governments which have decided not to be represented when the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to the imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo this week has more than tripled to 19, the Norwegian prize committee said on Tuesday, an apparent reflection of the strong pressure exerted by Beijing to boycott the event. In a statement on its Web...

The number of governments which have decided not to be represented when the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to the imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo this week has more than tripled to 19, the Norwegian prize committee said on Tuesday, an apparent reflection of the strong pressure exerted by Beijing to boycott the event. In a statement on its Web...