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Amartya Sen, this year's Nobel prizewinner in economics, has helped give voice to the world's poor. And that is no small matter, for the very lives of the world's poor may depend on having their voices heard. In a lifetime of careful scholarship, Sen has repeatedly returned to a basic theme: even impoverished societies can improve the well-being of their least advantaged members. Societies that attend to the poorest of the poor can save their lives, promote their longevity and increase their opportunities through education and productive work. Societies that neglect the poor, on the other...
Speaking hours after the announcement Friday of the first Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Northern Ireland since 1976, Irish President Mary McAleese stressed the need to respect individual rights in an address before a packed ARCO Forum...
Earlier in the day, John Hume and David Trimble, the leaders of Northern Ireland's largest Roman Catholic and Protestant parties, respectively, were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their work in the April 10 Northern Ireland Good Friday peace agreement...
...should all 'grow up' to be just like Amartya. I am very happy that he has been honored with the Nobel prize," Metrick said...
...hugely impressive intellect. I was not surprised [that he won the Nobel Prize]," he said...