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Kofi Annan, Former Secretary General Who Redefined UN, Dies At 80
Kofi Annan, former United Nations Secretary General and Nobel Peace Laureate, has died. He was 80. A statement posted on his Twitter account said, he died after a short illness.
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VS Naipaul, Fiery Novelist And Nobel Laureate, Dies At 85
Nobel Prize-winning author VS Naipaul from Trinidad who penned comic masterpieces of island life before turning to the larger world, traveling from South America to Africa and Asia for richly detailed works on postcolonial states, died Aug. 11 at his home in London. He was 85.
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China Cremates Body Of Nobel Laureate And Dissident Liu Xiaobo
The body of China's late Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo was cremated on Saturday after a private ceremony attended by his family, as Beijing faces international pressure to let the dissident's wife leave the country.
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China's Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo, Sent To 11 Years Jail, Dies In Custody
China's Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo died Thursday while still in custody following a battle with cancer, authorities said, after officials ignored international pleas to let him spend his final days free and abroad.
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Caribbean Poet And Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott Dies At 87
Poet, playwright and Nobel laureate Derek Walcott died Friday after a long illness at his home on the Caribbean island of St Lucia, his publisher said. He was 87.
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Nobel Prize Winning Italian Playwright Dario Fo Dies At 99
Italian playwright and actor Dario Fo, who won the Nobel prize for literature in 1997, has died at the age of 90, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi announced Thursday.
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Shimon Peres, Former Israeli President And Nobel Laureate, Dies At 93
Israeli ex-president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres died on Wednesday, his personal doctor told AFP, some two weeks after suffering a major stroke.
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Elie Wiesel, Holocaust Survivor And Author, Dead At 87
Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel, the Romanian-born Holocaust survivor whose classic "Night" became a landmark testament to the Nazis' crimes and launched Wiesel's long career as one of the world's foremost witnesses and humanitarians, has died at age 87.
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Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Blames Lack of Safety Regulations for Deadly Landslide
A disregard for the rule of law in the jade mining industry in Myanmar had made accidents such as the landslide that killed more than 100 people at the weekend a common occurrence, Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi said today.
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American Nobel Laureate Irwin Rose Dies at 88
American Nobel laureate Irwin Rose, a biochemist whose groundbreaking work helped in the development of treatments for cervical cancer and cystic fibrosis, died on Tuesday, the University of California, Irvine said. He was 88.
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German Nobel Literature Prize Winner Gunter Grass Dies at 87
Germany's Nobel laureate Gunter Grass, widely regarded as the country's most famous writer, died on Monday at the age of 87, his publishing company said.
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Algerian Novelist and Women's Rights Defender Assia Djebar Dead
Novelist Assia Djebar, an ardent defender of women's rights in her native Algeria, has died aged 78, state radio said today.
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Egypt's former vice president Mohamed ElBaradei faces charges over 'breaching national trust'
Nobel laureate Mohamed ElBaradei, who recently quit as Egypt's interim vice president and left the country in the face of deadly crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood supporters by military-led government, may face charges of "breaching national trust" in a court in Cairo.
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Kofi Annan, Former Secretary General Who Redefined UN, Dies At 80
Kofi Annan, former United Nations Secretary General and Nobel Peace Laureate, has died. He was 80. A statement posted on his Twitter account said, he died after a short illness.
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VS Naipaul, Fiery Novelist And Nobel Laureate, Dies At 85
Nobel Prize-winning author VS Naipaul from Trinidad who penned comic masterpieces of island life before turning to the larger world, traveling from South America to Africa and Asia for richly detailed works on postcolonial states, died Aug. 11 at his home in London. He was 85.
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China Cremates Body Of Nobel Laureate And Dissident Liu Xiaobo
The body of China's late Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo was cremated on Saturday after a private ceremony attended by his family, as Beijing faces international pressure to let the dissident's wife leave the country.
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China's Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo, Sent To 11 Years Jail, Dies In Custody
China's Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo died Thursday while still in custody following a battle with cancer, authorities said, after officials ignored international pleas to let him spend his final days free and abroad.
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Caribbean Poet And Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott Dies At 87
Poet, playwright and Nobel laureate Derek Walcott died Friday after a long illness at his home on the Caribbean island of St Lucia, his publisher said. He was 87.
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Nobel Prize Winning Italian Playwright Dario Fo Dies At 99
Italian playwright and actor Dario Fo, who won the Nobel prize for literature in 1997, has died at the age of 90, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi announced Thursday.
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Shimon Peres, Former Israeli President And Nobel Laureate, Dies At 93
Israeli ex-president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres died on Wednesday, his personal doctor told AFP, some two weeks after suffering a major stroke.
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Elie Wiesel, Holocaust Survivor And Author, Dead At 87
Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel, the Romanian-born Holocaust survivor whose classic "Night" became a landmark testament to the Nazis' crimes and launched Wiesel's long career as one of the world's foremost witnesses and humanitarians, has died at age 87.
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Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Blames Lack of Safety Regulations for Deadly Landslide
A disregard for the rule of law in the jade mining industry in Myanmar had made accidents such as the landslide that killed more than 100 people at the weekend a common occurrence, Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi said today.
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American Nobel Laureate Irwin Rose Dies at 88
American Nobel laureate Irwin Rose, a biochemist whose groundbreaking work helped in the development of treatments for cervical cancer and cystic fibrosis, died on Tuesday, the University of California, Irvine said. He was 88.
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German Nobel Literature Prize Winner Gunter Grass Dies at 87
Germany's Nobel laureate Gunter Grass, widely regarded as the country's most famous writer, died on Monday at the age of 87, his publishing company said.
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Algerian Novelist and Women's Rights Defender Assia Djebar Dead
Novelist Assia Djebar, an ardent defender of women's rights in her native Algeria, has died aged 78, state radio said today.
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Egypt's former vice president Mohamed ElBaradei faces charges over 'breaching national trust'
Nobel laureate Mohamed ElBaradei, who recently quit as Egypt's interim vice president and left the country in the face of deadly crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood supporters by military-led government, may face charges of "breaching national trust" in a court in Cairo.
