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First African woman to win Nobel Peace Prize dies

Wangari Maathai, the first African woman recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, died after a long struggle with cancer, the environmental organization she founded said Monday. She was 71....

 

Kim Dae-jung, 83, Ex-President of S. Korea, Is Dead

Mr. Kim survived a death sentence and an assassination attempt by past military dictators before winning the presidency and receiving a Nobel Peace Prize.

 

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