<b>Full coverage:</b> 2011 Nobel Prizes

March 19, 2014 1:11 PM PT

The statue of Alfred Nobel at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. (Jonathan Jackstrand / AFP/Getty Images / October 3, 2011)

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World & Nation

Liberia’s Leymah Gbowee: The power of the powerless

How a movement of ‘ordinary’ Liberian women changed history.
Oct. 9, 2011
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World & Nation

Three women, two Liberians and a Yemeni, win Nobel Peace Prize

Sharing the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize are Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf; her countrywoman Leymah Gbowee, a peace activist; and Tawakul Karman, a Yemeni human rights leader.
March 19, 2014
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Science & Medicine

Nobel winner dies before receiving prize

Ralph Steinman, who passed away Friday, will still receive his share of the award because the Nobel committee did not know of his death. He and two others are honored for their work with the immune system.
March 19, 2014

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