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Sullenberger joins the ranks of past recipients, including United Nations Secretaries General Kofi Annan, Boutros Boutros-Ghali and Javier Perez de Cuellar, as well as Nobel Laureates Desmond Tutu and Elie Wiesel, and actor Denzel Washington...
...Mediation by former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan ended the violence. Months later, in October 2008, a Kenyan commission investigated the attacks and gave Annan an envelope containing the names of several of the top suspects. Once it became clear earlier this year that Kenya would not go after the suspects itself, Annan turned the envelope over to Moreno-Ocampo. Tensions have simmered since then - partially because the government has never dealt with the suspects or helped the tribes to reconcile their differences...
...prize committee, which is appointed by former cell-phone magnate turned philanthropist Ibrahim and his board, is nevertheless completely independent. It's a star-studded lineup that is chaired by former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and includes former Finnish President and Nobel laureate Martti Ahtisaari, former International Atomic Energy Agency head and Nobel laureate Mohamed ElBaradei and former Irish President Mary Robinson. The committee said it would not discuss its thinking behind this year's non-award, though Robinson did note that it would have been hard to award a similar prize to a recently retired leader from...
Read 10 Questions with Kofi Annan, former U.N. Secretary-General...
...watch a video interview with Kofi Annan and to subscribe to the 10 Questions podcast on iTunes, go to time.com/10questions