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Tiny Pacific nation sues nine nuclear-armed powers

May 10, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

NEW YORK (AP) – The tiny Pacific nation of the Marshall Islands is taking on the United States and the world’s eight other nuclear-armed nations with an unprecedented lawsuit demanding that they meet their obligations toward disarmament and accusing them of “flagrant violations” of international law.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Bikini Atoll, California-based Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, David Krieger, France, Israeli Foreign Ministry, Jen Psaki, John Burroughs, Marshall Islands, National Nuclear Security Administration, Netherlands, Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, Operation Castle, Paul Hirschson, Several Nobel Peace Prize, Shirin Ebadi, Soviet Union, Tiny Pacific, United States, Vol 33 No 20 | May 10 - May 16

China honors Putin with Confucius Prize

December 17, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Alexa Olesen The Associated Press Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin BEIJING (AP) — The sponsors of a would-be Chinese alternative to the Nobel Peace Prize held their second award ceremony on Friday, handing a gold Confucius statue and a certificate meant for Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to a pair of exchange students, an […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 2011, Beijing, Belarus, Betty Williams, China International Peace Research Center, Chinese, Confucius Peace Prize, Czech Republic President Vaclav Havel, Desmond Tutu, Jody Williams, Liu Xiaobo, Nobel Committee, Nobel Peace Prize, Qiao Damo, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Shirin Ebadi, Vol 30 No 51 | December 17 - December 23

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