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Malaysia cancels plan to host Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi's speech for fear of Iran's ire
October 22, 2008
www.chinapost.com
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Malaysia has scrapped an invitation for Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi to deliver a speech about Islam because of pressure from Iranian diplomats who warned the event could hurt bilateral ties, an official said Wednesday...
Malaysia Scraps Nobel Laureate's Speech For Iran
October 22, 2008
www.cbsnews.com
(AP) Malaysia has scrapped an invitation for Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi to deliver a speech about Islam because of pressure from Iranian diplomats who warned the event could hurt bilateral ties, an official said Wednesday...
Malaysia blocks Iran Nobel winner
October 22, 2008
www.news.bbc.co.uk
A Malaysian university has cancelled a scheduled speech by the Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi...
Malaysia scraps Nobel laureate's speech for Iran
October 22, 2008
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia has scrapped an invitation for Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi to deliver a speech about Islam because of pressure from Iranian diplomats who warned the event could hurt bilateral ties, an official said Wednesday...
Malaysia scraps Nobel laureate's speech for Iran
October 22, 2008
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -Malaysia has scrapped an invitation for Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi to deliver a speech about Islam because of pressure from Iranian diplomats who warned the event could hurt bilateral ties, an official said Wednesday...
Iran and Malaysia Join Forces to Silence Nobel Laureate
October 20, 2008
www.iranhumanrights.org
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran together with the Asian NGOs Network on National Human Rights Institutions (ANNI) strongly condemn the acts of Iranian and Malaysian governments preventing Dr. Shirin Ebadi, the 2003 Nobel Peace Laureate, from delivering public lectures during her planned visit to Malaysia...
Malaysia bans Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi from taking the floor at a forum organised by the civil society
October 14, 2008
www.ocmt.org
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights(FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), expresses its deepest concern over the obstacles to freedom of expression against Ms. Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Secretary General of the Defenders of Human Rights Centre (DHRC), following pressures exercised by the Iranian authorities...
Malaysia bans Nobel laureate from speaking
October 10, 2008
www.thenutgraph.com
KUALA LUMPUR, 10 Oct 2008: The Foreign Ministry has instructed local organisers of a dialogue on peace to withdraw their invitation to Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi...
Urge Iran to halt threats against Shirin Ebadi and family
October 10, 2008
www.femschool.org
nobelwomensinitiative: : On August 8, 2008, an article was published on the website of the official Iranian Republic News Agency (IRNA) and in the newspaper Jomhouri Eslami leveling a series of attacks against Dr. Ebadi and her family, including false accusations that her daughter converted to the Bahai faith, and appeared to be related to Dr. Ebadi’s decision to defend in court seven members of the Bahai minority in Iran...
Iran: la Ebadi non deve parlare!
October 9, 2008
www.agenziaradicale.com
Non sembra aver termine la serie di ritorsioni a cui l'avvocatessa iraniana Shirin Ebadi, Premio Nobel per la pace 2003, è sottoposta da Teheran. Infatti Ebadi aveva in programma un intervento sul tema "Islam e democrazia" all'Università di Kuala Lumpur, se non fosse che, circa 20 giorni fa l'invito è stato ritirato per mezzo di una lettera...
die Reise von Shirin Ebadi nach Malaysia wurde annulliert
October 4, 2008
www.frauenbewegun-ir
Laut Rooz-online ist die Reise von Shirin Ebadi nach Malaysia durch Druck der iranischen Regierung auf malaysische Behörden annulliert worden. Shirin Ebadi wurde von der malaysischen Friedensinitiative für eine Reihe von Vorträgen in Universtitäts- und...
Ebadi Must not Speak in Kuala Lumpur!
September 29, 2008
Roozonline.com Because of pressure from Iranian authorities on Malaysia, Nobel Peace Prize laureate "Shirin Ebadi's trip to Kuala Lumpur to deliver talks at the country's university and research centers was cancelled by the latter...
Shirin Ebadi to be re-invited
October 29, 2008
The Nut Graph
Organisers of a peace forum are waiting for the Foreign Ministry's approval before re-inviting Nobel laureate and Iranian human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi to Malaysia...
Building a culture of peace
October 29, 2008
NST Online
A host of Nobel laureates are set to descend on Malaysia starting next month till April 2009 to participate in the Bridges — Dialogues Towards A Culture of Peace event. FRANCIS DASS has the details...
Peace education
October 26, 2008
Education
Nobel laureates and international personalities will be in the country to hold talks, workshops and dialogues over the next six months to help promote peace...
Allow Ebadi to speak at forum, says Rais
October 24, 2008
AP
KUALA LUMPUR Foreign Minister Datuk Sen Dr Rais Yatim said Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dr Shirin Ebadi should be allowed to give a speech in Malaysia despite Iran’s objections, reversing a government order that ...
Advice on Iranian Nobel laureate to be retracted
October 24, 2008
The Star
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysians may get a chance to listen to the views of Iranian Nobel laureate Dr Shirin Ebadi after all...
Malaysia bars Nobel laureate Ebadi amid protests
October 24, 2008
Financial Daily
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has revoked an invitation to Iranian Nobel laureate and rights advocate Shirin Ebadi to give a speech following protests by the Iranian government, officials said yesterday...
Nobel laureates to speak on peace in ASEAN
October 23, 2008
The Sun
KUALA LUMPUR: Eight eminent personalities, including six Nobel laureates and two politicians, will be in Malaysia over the next six months to speak on peace in the “Bridges - Dialogues Towards a Culture of Peace” project...
Musa: Party has lost its popularity
October 23, 2008
The Star
KUALA LUMPUR: Umno is in dire need of a drastic change and young blood with new ideas are the plausible solution, said former deputy prime minister Tun Musa Hitam...
Musa: Party needs more young faces in posts
October 23, 2008
New Straits Times
KUALA LUMPUR: Umno needs a major face lift to attract youths as it is now seen as an aging party, former deputy president Tun Musa Hitam said yesterday...
Musa Hitam wants younger generation in Umno leadership
October 23, 2008
Financial Daily
KUALA LUMPUR: The younger generation is needed to help Umno, formed 61 years ago, recover from its “old-age maladies’: says former party deputy president Tun Musa Hitam...
Malaysia ‘disinvites’ Shirin Ebadi
October 23, 2008
Bangkok Post
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has scrapped an invitation for Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi to deliver a speech about Islam because of pressure from ...
Nobel Laureates coming to Malaysia
September 2008
Forward
Having grown up during the cold war and behind the Berlin all, poet Uwe (pronounced “oohweh”) Morawetz realized the need for people of all professions to talk to each other to...
Prince of Peace
July 2008
Malaysia Tatler
HSH Prince Alfred of Liechtenstein is more than living up to his name, discovers Michele Theseira of the advocate for world peace from within...
Nobel Prize demystified
May 2008
Medical Observer
Israel-born 2004 Nobel Prize for Chemistry Dr. Aaron Ciechanover talks about what it took to hail from a small, besieged country and win a plum of humanity...
Nobel Laureate Aaron Ciechanover speaks on protein degradation
April 23, 2008
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Did you know that when the degradation of certain proteins in our body does not happen correctly, we can fall ill? Cervical cancer and cystic fibrosis--a disease that attacks the lungs and digestive system causing progressive ...
Stay and help RP, Nobel laureate advises Pinoys
April 7, 2008
Philippine Daily Inquirer
BAGIO CITY-A NOBEL LAUREATE HAS urged educated Filipinos to shun overseas jobs and stay in the Philippines where their services are needed more...
Nobel winner cites role of mentors in students' success
April 7, 2008
Manila Bulletin
A Nobel Peace Prize winner for Chemistry who is in the country to conduct dialogues with Filipino researchers and members of the academe underscored...
Nobel Laureate urges RP experts abroad to come back
April 7, 2008
Manila Bulletin
Nobel Laureate for Chemistry Prof. Aaron Ciechanover is encouraging Filipino experts abroad to come back to their homeland and share their knowledge with ...
Ateneo hosts talk of Nobel Laureate for Chemistry
March 17, 2008
http://www.ateneo.edu/index.php?p=120&type-2&sec=29&aid=4977
Aaron
J. Ciechanover, Nobel Laureate for Chemistry and Distinguished Research
Professor in the Faculty of Medicine of the Technion Israel Institute
of Technology in...
Honest governments needed
March 7-8, 2008
Business World
Ex-World Bank chief pushes campaign versus poverty.
ERADICATING POVERTY and growing inequality in countries like the Philip- pines will require a host of measures such as more investments in education and...
Former World Bank chief looks to future
March 7, 2008
Bangkok Post
Much of your legacy at the World Bank has been in the area of poverty alleviation and the environment...
Poverty blamed on scrimping
March 6, 2008
Philippine Daily Inquirer
JAMES WOLFENSOHN, FORMER PRESIDENT of the World Bank and a well-known figure in the area of fighting global poverty said rising poverty in the Philippines was partly due to government’s measly spending on education...
Ex-World Bank chief sees rise in class conflicts
March 6, 2008
Business World
A WIDENING rich-poor gap in countries around the world could lead to a rise in class conflicts, former World Bank president James Wolfensohn yesterday said...
Wolfensohn’s advice: Cut those inequalities
March 6, 2008
BusinessMirror
IF the country continues on the path of high inequality and poverty incidences, it runs the risk of heightened social unrest, according to former World Bank (WB) president James Wolfensohn...
Poverty worsened in 2006
March 6, 2008
Manila Standard Today
SOARING oil prices and the rising cost of living have driven nearly four million people in the Philippines back into poverty officials said yesterday...
WB: Govt no good in poverty reduction
March 6, 2008
The Manila Times
Philippines is no good in reducing its poverty level, a former World Bank president said Wednesday...
Poverty worsens despite economic growth
March 6, 2008
Malaya News
THE Philippines’ poor are expanding by around 1.3 million people every year, as rising food prices and sluggish wage growth mean that more families cannot afford to...
Gov’t data showing number of poor up shocks ex-WB chief
March 6, 2008
The Daily Tribune
The rising level of poverty in the country under the Arroyo administration never fails to impress, surprising even former World Bank president James Wolfensohn who is...
Wolfensohn redefines great divide
March 4, 2008
The Nation
TODAY’S COMPLEX international environment can no longer be characterized by the binary division of ”North” versus “South’ or “East” versus “West but that of four distinct yet...
The Peace Process
February Issue
LifeStyle Asia
The International Peace Foundation, in partnership with lifestyleasia for this year’s Bridges-Dialogues Towards a Culture of Peace,” continues to build bridges by sharing ideas and developing innovative forms of...
Sharing a dose of economics
February 14, 2008
Philippine Schools Online
The youth of today need deeper understanding of all the fields that concern them to be able to build and face...
Thailand 'could grow with capital controls'
February 13, 2008
The Nation
Nobel laureate points to stability of fixed exchange rate regime and emphasises the success of...
Lessons from a Nobel laureate
February 11, 2008
Philippine Daily Inquirer
THE PHILIPPINE ECONOMY COULD HAVE been growing at eight percent or more now if not for inconsistencies in economic policy that...
Central banks have limited options in crisis
February 8-9, 2008
BusinessMirror
He earlier deliberately kept himself away from making any kind of forecasts, but later over dinner, Finn Erling Kydland, Nobel laureate for economics in 2004, spoke about the inability of...
Nobel winner asks bankers to go easy on rate cuts
February 8, 2008
Philippine Daily Inquirer
A VISITING NOBEL LAUREATE FOR economics has cautioned central bankers against using interest rates to perk up stock markets in times of financial turmoil, saying that the US Federal ...
BSP can’t shield RP from US fallout – Nobel Prize winner
February 8, 2008
Philippine Star
Nobel prize-winning economist Finne Kydland said there is very little that the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) or other central banks could do to prevent the fallout from the...
Nobel awardee Kydland says CBs need to focus on managing inflation
February 8, 2008
Malaya News
CENTRAL banks should focus on keeping inflation conducive for growing business than making a direct effort to push economic growth cutting...
Low-investment risks cited
February 7, 2008
BusinessMirror
THE low level of investments despite high economic growth in the Philippines should be a cause of concern for the country as this could result in longer-term risks, according to an...
The company of a genius
February 5, 2008
Bangkok Post
During his visit to Thailand as part of the “Bridges-Dialogues Towards a Culture of Peace” series, Prof. Finn Erling Kydland, 2004 Nobel laureate for Econonics, was dinner guest of MR Priyanandana Rangsit at...
Peace, development linked: Laureate
February 5, 2008
The Nation
THERE IS a connection between peace and economic development while deficient economic development often gets in the way of peace, says Professor Finn E. Kydland, the 2004 Nobel...
US stimulus package unlikely to help much
February 4, 2008
Bangkok Post
The US government's $156-billion stimulus package is likely to have little impact on the slowing US economy, according to Prof Finn Erling Kydland, the 2004...
Nobel Prize winner: Peace and progress inextricably linked
February 3, 2008
The Nation
Finn Erling Kydland of Norway, winner of the Nobel Prize in 2004 for
economics, told me the other day that peace and economic development in
the age of globalization are...
Science and politics 1: Nobel physicist David Jonathan Gross
January 29, 2008
www.norwegianwould.blogspot.com
During the holidays in January, I had the chance to exchange a few words with Nobel physicist David Jonathan Gross during his visit to Cebu. One of his more striking observations was that the lifestyles in the West (the so-called...
Feature: Dialogs with Nobel Laureates
January 20, 2008
PIA
Cebu, Philippines (20 January) -- The International Peace Foundation continuously hosts a series of dialogs with 21 Nobel Peace Prize Laureates...
Building Bridges
January 2008 Issue
Philippine Tatler
A high-powered session launched a series of dialogues to promote peace and unity...
‘Like science? Pursue a career in it, enjoy and succeed’
January 14, 2008
BusinessMirror
PARENTS will surely not be happy with his advice but it will delight advocates of science education: that children "ignore" their parents who insist in their pursuing a financially...
Nobel awardee pushes research
January 12, 2008
Sun.Star Cebu
A 2004 NOBEL Laureate for Physics did more than promote peace and encourage asking “ignorant but intelligent questions” during his visit...
Dialogue with Dr. David Gross at UP
January 12, 2008
GradSchoolLife
The invite came from DOST sent to graduate students and researchers under the local scholarship. The event was co-organized by the DOST's National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) and National...
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A PUBLIC University in a democratic society?
January 11, 2008
Philippine Daily Inquirer
It is to be beholden at once to two masters: one, to the nation whom the university was created to serve, and at the...
Hosting Nobel laureates in Cebu
January 10, 2008
Cebu Daily News Online
It is not often that a university gets to be visited by a Nobel Prize winner and it is doubly significant when not just one but two are coming. And so the University of San Carlos (USC) is pulling
all stops to make sure the visit tomorrow of one of the two will go
down as another unforgettable...
Understanding based on observation: Gross
January 8, 2008
The Nation
THE MOST important product of knowledge is ignorance, according to Nobel Prize winner for Physics, Prof. David Jonathan Gross...
UP to confer Doctor of Science, honoris causa, on Nobel Laureate
December 2007 Issue
U.P. Newsletter
The University of the Philippines is set to confer the degree of Doctor of Science, honoris causa, upon Prof. David J. Gross, recipient of ...
One Bridge at a Time
November Issue
Philippine Tatler
LISTEN TO NOBEL LAUREATES IN A SERIES OF LECTURES PROMOTING PEACE AND UNDERSTANDING IN THE WORLD. BEGINNING THIS MONTH until April of next year, the International Peace Foundation chaired by Uwe Morawetz is hosting Bridges, Dialogues towards a Culture of Peace in...
Building toward a culture of peace
November 28-29, 2007
BusinessMirror
NOBEL Laureates will visit the Philippines and Thailand to participate in the 1st ASEAN-wide series events under the banner "Bridges-Dialogues Toward a Culture of Peace.” The aim of “Bridges” is...
Picking up the p(e)ace
November 20, 2007
Manila Bulletin
A bridge is primarily built to connect two lands that are separated by a depression. However, its simple use has a big impact in...
Economics for our time
November 19, 2007
BusinessMirror Online
HE'S been called the "the most important economist of our time" and "the best economist in the world today." He has also been an adviser for the United Nations, International Monetary...
Fixed exchange rate for RP possible if ...
November 16-17, 2007
Business World
THE Philippines can only resort to a fixed exchange-rate system to achieve a more stable economy if it has achieved a balanced budget and if...
Nobel prize laureate urges system reform
November 14, 2007
Bangkok Post
IMF made mistake dismissing US dollar. Thailand's foreign exchange system should change to help...
PGMA launches program to promote dialogues on peace, development in ASEAN
November 14, 2007
www.gov.ph/news
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo launched today the "Bridges: Dialogues Towards a Culture of Peace," a program designed to facilitate dialogues and...
Hedge funds look towards Asia to diversify portfolios
November 13, 2007
Bangkok Post
The global hedge fund market looks set to remain vibrant, with Asia increasingly becoming a hotbed for...
Mundell's ideas find few takers
November 13, 2007
The Nation (Financial Report)
THAI AUTHORITIES and market-watchers are opposed to Pro. Robert Mundell's idea of Thailand adopting...
Nobel winner made a convincing case for a fixed exchange-rate system
November 13, 2007
The Nation
Your report on the recommendation of Prof. Robert Mundell, the 1999 Nobel Laureate for Economics, for Thailand to adopt a fixed exchange rate rather than subject itself to...
Another day of reckoning for BSP
November 13, 2007
Business World
Nobel prize winner Robert Mundell will be flying into Manila this week courtesy of the Bridges Program of the International Peace Foundation to give a talk on "economic development by...
Fixed exchange rate would benefit Thailand
November 12, 2007
Bangkok Post
Mundell: Dollar basket would stabilise rates. Thailand's accumulation of foreign reserves boded well for the economy in the future, according to Robert Mundell, the 1999 Nobel...
Thailand 'could grow with capital controls'
November 12, 2007
The Nation
Nobel Laureate points to stability of fixed exchange rate regime and emphasizes the success of...
Bridges to Peace
November 12, 2007
Philippine Graphic
IT SEEMED IRONIC THAT JAIME AUGUSTO ZOBEL DE A YALA WOULD PRESIDJE over the launching of an international dialogue on peace, five day the controversial blast...
Dialogue towards a culture of peace kicks off in RP
November 8, 2007
Daily Tribune
Bridges: Dialogs toward a culture of peace, a series of talks to be given by 21 Nobel Peace Prize laureates, recently had a press launch at Dusit Hotel. Spearheaded by the International Peace Foundation...
Nobel Laureates to visit DLSU-Manila
November 7, 2007
Philippine Star
De La Salle University-Manila will serve as host to three Nobel Laureates and a former president of the World Bank who will visit the Philippines from...
Anand: Peace can be instilled as instinct in young to end violence
October 30, 2007
Bangkok Post
Instilling peace as a "basic instinct" in younger people is crucial to stopping violence in Southeast Asia, former prime minister Anand Panyarachun said yesterday...
Special Guests
November 5, 2007
The Inquirer
It was an A-list crowd that showed up at the media launch of "Bridges"...
Bangkok on Nobel map
October 30, 2007
The Nation
Suddenly, Bangkok will see a meeting of minds on two of the most topical subjects of the day...
Level of Violence...staggers Anand
October 30, 2007
The Nation
Former PM says he wonders whether Thailand could be still be considered Buddhist; hopes things will change...
Bangkok's Nobel Laureates
October 29, 2007
Absolutely Bangkok.com
Warning: This post is not your average Bangkok topic. We all know how people's discipline and minds may slow down after a few years in Thailand. Living in Thailand one has to force oneself to stay on the productive side of life, for not to fall victim to the Thai sirens, the sumptuous food and the easy life that are tempting around every thought and comer...
Nobel laureates coming; concern for Suu Kyi aired
October 25, 2007
BusinessMirror
Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, Philippine Chairman of the "Bridges" project, and Washington Sycip, honorary chairman, grace the press conference launching the six month speaking tour that will bring Nobel laureates for economics, peace, physics, chemistry and medicine to the Philippines and Thailand
Nobel Laureates to establish "Bridges" in RP
October 25, 2007
The Manila Times
Six Nobel Prize laureates and a former World Bank president will go around the Philippines to talk at universities and establish partnerships with various Filipino organizations...
Windows and Bridges of Peace
October 8, 2007
Women's Journal
Microsoft Philippines and the International Peace
Foundation recently inked a partnership agreement to
work together in this year's "Bridges-Dialogues Towards
a Culture of Peace" Summit...
Building bridges not walls!
June 8, 2007
Manila Bulletin
If all nations would treat each other with sincere mutual respect and esteem as well as with prompt readiness to be of mutual support and assistance, then it could be confidently expected that there will be created a general atmosphere of truly mutual good understanding with firm and friendly co-operation all around.
Prince Alfred of Liechtenstein visits RP, launches peace initiative
May 18, 2007
BusinessMirro
HSH Prince Alfred of Liechtenstein, Chairman of the Advisory Board of the International Peace Foundation, recently visited Manila to launch the 1st ASEAN-wide event series "Bridges - Dialogues Towards a Culture of Peace" starting in November 2007 in the Philippines...
HSH Prince Alfred of Liechtenstein Visits the Philippines
May 2007
Prime Asia
HSH Prince Alfred of Liechtenstein, Chairman of the Advisory Board of the International Peace Foundation, recently visited Manila to launch the 1st ASEAN-wide event series "Bridges - Dialogues Towards a Culture of Peace" starting in November 2007 in the Philippines...
European Royal on Peace-Building Mission visits Plantersbank
April 23, 2007
www.plantersbank.com.ph
A member of European royalty paid a visit to Plantersbank corporate headquarters in Makati to promote a program that would hook up the country deeper into the global intellectual circuit for the promotion of "a culture of peace and development in a globalized world."...
International Peace Dialogues Set
March 8-14, 2007
Whats On & Expat
IN AN EFFORT TO FOSTER "a culture of peace" the International Peace Foundation (IPF) is continuously organizing a series of talks throughout Southeast Asia. Entitled "Bridges: Dialogues Towards A Culture of Peace"...
Nobel laureates to conduct scientific, cultural exchanges
March 21, 2007
Business World
Nobel Prize winners are scheduled to visit Manila as part of a regional visit this November to conduct intellectual, scientific and cultural exchanges aimed at developing universities and related government institutions, Prince Alfred of Liechtenstein said...
A Member of European Royal is in Town...
March 20, 2007
Inquirer
to usher a program that would hook up the country deeper into the global intellectual circuit for the promotion of a culture of peace and development in a globalized world."...
Intl peace group to bring Laureates
March 20, 2007
BusinessMirror
Leaders of the Vienna-based International Peace Foundation raised grave concern over the spate of extrajudicial killings and the human-rights situation in the Philippines, but said that the military could still be an instrument of peace...
Nobel laureates set to visit RP
March 19, 2007
Philippine Star
Various 21 Nobel Laureates will visit the Philippines between November 2007 and April 2008 as part of a Southeast Asia-wide peace dialogue to be led by the Vienna-based International Peace Foundation (IPF)...
Nobel Peace Laureates in Asia, "build a society of peace through dialogue"
March 19, 2007
www.asianews.it
The Vienna-based International Peace Foundation has confirmed the visit of Nobel Laureates as part of a "Southeast Asia-wide peace dialogue project"...
Peace Foundation to hold series of events in RP
March 18, 2007
www.pia.gov.ph
Quezon City -- The International Peace Foundation (IPF), a Vienna-based independent, apolitical and areligious foundation with the common patronage of 21 Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, will host a first ASEAN wide 50-event series in the Philippines from November 2007 up to April 2008...
Peace Foundation to host series of events in RP
March 17, 2007
www.gov.ph
The International Peace Foundation (IPF), a Vienna-based independent, apolitical and areligious foundation with the common patronage of the 21 Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, will host a first ASEAN wide 50-event series in the Philippines from November 2007 up to April 2008...
Democracy is not enough
June 05, 2005
Living Economies in Asia
Fortunately or unfortunately the Islamic countries of the...
The long journey of Thailand’s wunderkind
June 01, 2005
PB Air San Sabai
As she strolls into our private interviewing room, world-renowned star violinist Vanessa-Mae, who is of half-Thai descent, brandishes an enchanting smile and her famous dimples...
Unabridged Gratitude
June 01, 2005
Thailand Tatler
It was a monumental undertaking: to promote Thailand as a center for peace, dialogue and international understanding through events with Nobel laureates and other keynote speakers and artists. Cal...
Free, For All
June 01, 2005
New Arrival Magazine
Universal human rights and freedom of expression are the keystones of peace and democracy says Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi, in the second of our features on the worlds peacemakers...
Bridging on to Latin America
April 29, 2005
The Nation
Fly on the wall
After 27 months and 250 events, the final curtain has finally fallen on the “Bridges – Dialogues Towards a Culture of Peace” series of events for bringing out the bes...
A Fond Farewell to the Peacemaker
April 29, 2005
The Nation (Talk of the Town)
The occasion: Reception for ‘Bridges’ founder Uwe Morawetz
Austrian Ambassador Herbert Traxl on Monday opened his residence on Sathorn Road to welcome supporter of peace advo...
‘ Bridges ’ over an intellectual desert
April 25, 2005
The Nation
Uwe Morawetz and his team at the Vienna-based International Peace Foundation deserve many rounds of applause for the marathon series of scholarly presentations and discussions that...
Shirin Ebadi has seen progress in her struggle for women’s rights in Iran since she won the Nobel Peace Prize- but not much.
April 24, 2005
The Nation
Shirin Ebadi was fighting for gender equality in Iran more than two decades before she won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003. Global acclaim, however, hasn’t meant her struggle is over. “If there’s an...
Shirin Ebadi
April 24, 2005
Bangkok Post
“I believe in the kind of Islam where there’s equality between men and women… Islam is the religion of equality. Islam is not compatible with dictatorship and is against it. Muslims should not all...
Ebadi: Islam distorted to deceive Muslims
April 12, 2005
Bangkok Post
The worlds indifference to undemocratic and dictatorial regimes in the...
Respect for the rights of minorities is vital, Ebadi says
April 12, 2005
The Nation
Respect for other religions and the rights of ethnic minorities will be
key to achieving peace in southern Thailand, visiting Nobel Laureate
for Peace Shirin Ebadi said yesterday...
US invaded Iraq because of oil: Laureate
April 11, 2005
The Nation
America invaded Iraq two years ago not simply because it was ruled by a dictator, but
because it has oil. So claimed Shirin Ebadi, winner of the 2003 Nobel
Peace Prize yesterday...
Even elected leaders have to respect rights: Ebadi
April 10, 2005
The Nation
First, human rights are fundamental to democracy. Second, even elected leaders who are voted to by the people cannot ignore the right of minorities...
Electrifying
April 09, 2005
Bangkok Post
Though the audience was scarce due to traffic, and the evening slow to begin, Vanessa-Mae performed with a poise and elegance beyond her mere 25 years...
Vanessa Mae to perform
April 04, 2005
Bangkok Post
Famed violinist to help close the 'Bridges' series of talks...
String sensation
April 04, 2005
The Nation
Vanessa-Mae talks about her music, her stardom and her life off the stage...
Hold your peace
April 01, 2005
New Arrival Magazine
In the first of two features that interview to key figures in the global peace movement Greg Lowe asks Nobel Prize winner Bishop Carlos Belo and weapons ...
First Person Vanessa-Mae, Voice for Peace Concert Series: Vaness-Mae.
April 01, 2005
BK Magazine
Vanessa-Mae seemingly has it all: the talent, the brains and the beauty. (Oh, and she has the bucks as well, thanks to album sales of over 8 million.) And she’s in Bangkok on April 5 to give a con...
Vanessa’s Voice for Peace
April 01, 2005
World – renowned violinist Vanessa-Mae will stage a benefit concert in aid of the victims of the Andaman tsunami tragedy at the Main Hall of the Thailand Culture Center on April 05. The concert st...
Playing for Peace
March 23, 2005
The Nation
Last year opera diva Jessye Norman jetted to Bangkok to perform at the Voices for Peace Concert that wrapped the first part of event series "Bridges - Dialogues Towards a Culture of Peace."...
Global fund for diseases needed: Nobel laureate
March 18, 2005
The Nation
A Nobel laureate yesterday urged the world community to set up a fund to find cures for diseases that might not otherwise attract the research dollars of giant pharmaceutical companies, because of...
US war on terror claims new victims
March 15, 2005
The Nation
Nobel laureate calls on scientists to take a stand on human rights
Even scientists have become victims of the United States’ heavy-handed war on terror, Prof Peter Agr...
Climate threat still with us
March 10, 2005
Bangkok Post
Fossil fuel use still intense, says Molina
Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry Mario J. Molina has warned of an increasing severity of climate change and called on gove...
‘Society must help in saving planet’
March 08, 2005
The Nation
The problems of global warming and air pollution cannot be left solely to scientists and politicians to resolve, one of world's leading authorities on the Earth's atmosphere said yesterday...
Vanessa-Mae to play benefit show
March 07, 2005
The Nation
World-renowned violinist Vanessa-Mae will perform at a benefit concert in Bangkok next month for victims of the December tsunami on the Andaman coastline, the organisers said yesterday...
AIDS, influenza and SARS
March 05, 2005
Chiang Mai Mail
The Dialogues towards a Culture of Peace series continued at Chiang Mai University (CMU), featuring Prof. Peter C. Doherty, Nobel Laureate for Medicine. Prof. Doherty, whose current ...
Unbowed, Blix still backs inspections for nuclear threats
March 04, 2005
National Catholic Reporter
Two years after the war in Iraq began, former chief U.N. arms inspector Hans Blix continues to call the war unjustified. He remains an unapologetic believer in the effectiveness of the internat...
Unbowed, Blix still backs inspections for nuclear threats
March 04, 2005
National Catholic
Two years after the war in Iraq began, former chief U.N. arms inspector Hans Blix continues to call the war unjustified. He remains an unapologetic believer in the effectiveness of the internation...
BRIDGES DIALOGUES: Too many people,too few condoms
February 23, 2005
The Nation
Mankind's challenge for the 21st century is to evolve culturally rather than biologically in a way that put limits on population growth and ensure ecological balance through sustainable use of ener...
On tomorrow’s Morning Talk - Views of a DJ
February 22, 2005
Bangkok Post
On Tuesday’s Morning Talk, Dr. Valerie talks with DJ Marusha, a german DJ turned singer and musician. Marusha is in Thailand as part of the ‘Bridges for Peace’ dialogue. Through music and working w...
Hans Blix states his views on what happened in Iraq
February 19, 2005
Chiang Mai Mail
Identifies the real threats to world peace and unity
Dr. Hans Blix, chairman of the international Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission, former executive chairman of the Un...
Interview : Hans Blix - American Policy might lead to new arms race
February 17, 2005
The Nation
RETIRED, and holidaying in Patagonia, Hans Blix was standing in a queue at a bus station when he was told that someone called Kofi Annan was trying to reach him. The former Swedish foreign minister, a...
Are we all puppets on a string?
February 16, 2005
Bangkok Post
Germany's 'queen of techno' on the role of music-industry moguls and the media in shaping young people's attitudes and tastes
Popular music has long secured its position as ...
Marusha live: The Queen of Techno mixes it up for a night in Bangkok
February 13, 2005
After Dark Magazine
One of the world’s most famous female DJs will be performing at Concept CM2 of Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square for a one-night only concert on Feb 16.
Germany’s Marusha has be...
Blix : War Against Iraq Unjustified
February 08, 2005
Bangkok Post
World does not stand to benefit in a big way
International intervention was needed where states commit atrocities against their own people, as in the cases...
Hans Blix in Bangkok : 'War Will not Doom Mankind'
February 08, 2005
The Nation
Negotiations can alter course of North Korea’s, Iran’s nuclear ambitions
The world may not see another world war or nuclear conflict, but global warming and environmental threats have...
German DJ, Nobel laureate to give keynote speeches
February 07, 2005
Bangkok Post
The "Bridges: Dialogues Towards a Culture of Peace", an event series held to promote...
Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo Addresses Chiang Mai
February 05, 2005
Chiang Mai Mail
Payap University was honored when Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, who, together with Jose Ramos-Horta, was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize in 1996 for their work towards a just and peaceful solution...
Nobel Prize-winning bishop will return to serve as priest
February 04, 2005
National Cathollic Reporter
East Timor's Belo says he will shun politics, write history
East Timor’s Nobel Peace Prize laureate Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo belongs to the lucky few who were leaders in th...
Queen of Techno
February 01, 2005
Bangkok Etcetera Magazine
She’s been “mixing up” the best since 1991. Since then, she has played for party dancers around the globe, from small clubs to raves of more than 2,000-bring her inimitable highly individual Marus...
Hope and Perseverance
January 29, 2005
Bangkok Post
For 25 years, Bishop Carlos Filip...
Man of Peace: Sincere, open dialogue is needed: Belo
January 26, 2005
The Nation
Nobel laureate says talking to militants is only way to end the conflict in the South
The government should try to sit down and hold a sincere and open dialogue with separa...
Concept CM2 Rave with DJ Marusha
January 25, 2005
The Nation
One of the wold's most famous female DJs will be delighting dance fans at Concept CM2 in Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square for a one night-only concert on February 16.
Germany's Marusha ...
An Opera Night
January 25, 2005
Thailand Tatler
So how does one know which parties to attend? Did one go to the right functions, after all? As usual, Thailand Tatler saves the day. We go to all the best events and tell you about them. This was...
Marusha - One Night Only with the Queen of Techno
January 20, 2005
Guide of Bangkok
It’s only the beginning of the year 2005 but it seems that Thaila...
Marusha, The Queen of techno mixes it up for one night only in Bangkok
January 15, 2005
Big Chilli
One of the world's most famous female DJs will be performing at Concept CM2, Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square for a one-night-only concert on February 16. Germany's Marusha has been mixing...
Pearing into our far distant past
January 12, 2005
The Nation
Journey back in time to an era when there were no powerful X-ray telescopes for surveying the depths of the sky and so inevitably people had a different concept of the universe.
That w...
Nobel winner outlines priorities
January 10, 2005
The Nation
NANOTECHNOLOGY, modern biology and information technology are set to be the three key areas that new devices and services in the 21st century will depend upon, says Robert C. Richardson,...
A tsunami warning system is no guarantee
A tsunami warning system is no guarantee
January 05, 2005
The Nation
An earthquake and tsunami early warning system is crucial for saving lives, but cannot guarantee total safety, according to Nobel laureate Robert C Richardson yesterday.
If such a system...
Bridging the Gaps, Dialogues Towards a Culture of Peace
January 01, 2005
Look East
The headquarters of the International Peace Foundation (IPF) is in Bangkok, Thailand. Between November 2003 and April 2004 the foundation organized more than 100 peace related talks and seminars by...
More than just a chemist
December 20, 2004
The Nation
Kurt Wuthrich, a Nobel laureate in chemistry who was in Bangkok last week, said some things that are likely to stick in the minds of many Thais for a long time. He will definitely be remembered as ...
Peaceful Laureate Invasion
December 18, 2004
Thailand Timeout
The Vienna-based International Peace Foundation chose Thailand...
Laureate issues bird-flu warning
December 17, 2004
The Nation
Thailand should not be left alone to fight the avian-flu epidemic because with a possible mutation in the virus enabling it to jump from human to human, the disease will know no borders, Taiwanese ...
Nobel laureate warns against Asian attempts to 'ape the US lifestyle'
December 15, 2004
The Nation
For Asian countries, including Thailand, there is no future in aping the American lifestyle, as high-tech regional economic competition will trap some nations in a cycle of poverty and misery, Taiw...
Nobel laureate backs pharmaceuticals tie-ups
December 14, 2004
The Nation
In a speech to Mahidol University in Bangkok yesterday, Nobel Laureate Kurt Wuthrich insisted that helping the poor in developing countries by funding research into new drugs is a political and eth...
The man with the magic adress book
December 13, 2004
The Nation
If you were to hold a training course on how to build contacts in a short period of time, then Uwe Morawetz's name would surely appear at the top of the list of those qualified to teach it...
Spend more on the needy
December 08, 2004
The Nation
If governments spent less money on the military and more on those who need assistance, they would attain peace and justice, according to Clive W Granger, the 2003 winner of the Nobel prize for econ...
Science a 'universal language'
December 08, 2004
The Nation
The teaching of science can help overcome cultural differences and foster world peace, Nobel Prize winner Claude Cohen-Tannoudji said yesterday.
The 71-year-old College de France professor s...
The Economics of Peace: Nobel laureate seeks to quantify the benefits enjoyed by countries free of conflict
December 08, 2004
Bangkok Post
Measuring a country’s wealth, product prices and income levels is standard fare for economists. But is maximizing wealth always the best policy? Is a wea...
Education the best means in our arsenal for achieving world peace
December 05, 2004
Bangkok Post
The galaxy of knowledge is visible on all continents. In this region, the Association of Southeast Asian Institute of Higher Learning (Asaihl) has been h...
Bridges- International Peace Foundation lectures
December 04, 2004
Chiang Mai News
The International Peace Foundation, which hosts the event series “Bridges – Dialogues Towards a Culture of Peace” that began in November 2003 in Thailand, has announced the second and final eve...
Peace Talks
December 01, 2004
Bangkok Post
The International Peace Foundation is holding its second series of 'Bridges _ Dialogues Towards a Culture of Peace' events to promote Thailand as a centre for dialogue and international understand...
Peace talks
December 01, 2004
Thailand Tatler
The International Peace Foundation in partnership with various national and international organisations, institutions and enterprises in Thailand hosts the second and final event in the series Brid...
INTERNATIONAL PEACE FOUNDATION: an Asian programme? Strong business support for Peace dialogue
December 01, 2004
Business and Society
Thailand was chosen as the host country for the event series "Bridges -
Dialogues towards a Culture of Peace" initiated by the International
Peace Foundation (IPF). The second round of activities will be
organized from December 2004 till April 2005...
BRIDGES : Anand, Surayud urge peaceful resolution
November 17, 2004
The Nation
Former prime minister Anand Panyarachun and ex-Army chief Surayud Chulanont voiced strong opposition yesterday to the government's use of force leading to the Tak Bai bloodbath, and called for a c...
INTERNATIONAL PEACE FOUNDATION SEMINAR / ANAND, SURAYUD SPEAK OUT
November 17, 2004
Bangkok Post
Soldiers should not be used to disperse protesters, said former prime minister Anand Panyarachun and former army chief Gen Surayud Chulanont yesterday.
They were speaking at ...
International Peace Foundation hosting series of talks by Nobel laureates starting next month
November 09, 2004
The Nation
With the daily killing in the deep South, any event using Thailand as the setting for speeches on peace runs the risk of being an embarrassment. Undaunted, the man behind “Bridges: Dialogues Towar...
What is World Peace?
September 09, 2004
Big Chilli Magazine
Peace is defined as a state of tranquility and harmony, with world peace encompassing global happiness; a place where humans live together equally, extending respect and courtesy in their everyday ...
Culture is not only for the rich - Thai Toshiba
July 07, 2004
The Nation, Local
Japanese electronic appliances manufacturer Toshiba says the recent Jessye Norman and Midori concerts in Bangkok are testimony to its mission to contribute to society in diverse ways...
Diva Delight
June 01, 2004
Thailand Tatler
It is not often that Thai audiences have the opportunity to attend world-class musical performances in Bangkok. So when the Thai Toshiba Group of Companies organised a concert by one of the world's...
Anita Roddick turns to Asia; Bangkok
June 01, 2004
CSR Journal, Business and Society
Anita Roddick, founder of the Body Shop is going to play a m...
A prince's view on peace
May 30, 2004
The Nation, Sunday Style
"Peace starts with exchanging views over coffee cups and cookies," says Chairman of the advisory board of the International Peace Foundation HSH Pri...
Jessye Norman on music and Bangkok
May 13, 2004
The Nation
On a hot Bangkok April night...
Heavenly Voice - Jessye Norman gives a supreme performance at her concert for peace
May 09, 2004
The Nation
Calling last Sunday’s Jessye Norman: A Voice for Peace charity concert a once-in-a-lifetime experience is an understatement. The woman heralded as the "g...
Let's talk about peace
May 07, 2004
The Nation, Talk of the Town
We all know that peacemaking efforts, no matter what form they take, are never easy. Just ask the young men and women who make up the International Peace...
A voice for peace - World-renowned Jessye Norman will perform this evening at the Thailand Cultural Centre
May 02, 2004
Bangkok Post, Outlook
Bangkok music lovers will be treated this evening to a memorable and historic performance by Jessye Norman, one of the most celebrated singers of our time. She will be bringing her velvet voice to ...
Controversial Nobel Laureate Visits Bangkok
May 01, 2004
Asia Book News
Nobel Laureate Sir V S Naipaul's message to the Foreign Corr...
Ten Questions for Jessye Norman
April 29, 2004
Opera East, Magazine of the Bangkok Opera1. Your coming to Thailand is an amazing thing for music lovers. But what has brought you to Bangkok is a grand cause: Peace. What are your feelings about peace and the collaborating you are do...
Taking the first steps towards peace
April 24, 2004
The Nation
The recent series of dialogues provided food for thought and an opportunity to stimulate an appetite for intellectual discussion...
Outstanding entrepreneur-Toshiba Thailand's vice-president honoured for business acumen, support of the arts
April 20, 2004
Bangkok Post, Outlook
Mostly without fanfare, Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul, vice-president of Toshiba Thailand Co Ltd, has been keeping her family heritage alive. She was recently honoured with the Leading Women Entrepreneurs o...
Guess who's coming to town?
April 15, 2004
Bangkok Post, Outlook
Although the word on the street is that these are tough times for classical music, with CD catalogues shrinking and orchestras disbanding, we are ex...
One of a kind - Nobel Laureate Sir S.V. Naipaul shares his unusual views on cruelty, identity and the craft of writing
April 12, 2004
Bangkok Post, Outlook
The man repeats the statement three times, the last as a very soft mumble, mostly to himself.&...
Knight of provocation
April 11, 2004
The Nation, Sunday Style
Sir VS Naipaul discusses thrillers, whisky and the downfall of literature, and while he's about it, civilisation as well.
Sir V S Naipaul's first morning in Bangkok is a busy one. Wit...
Naipaul rues lost past, cultures
April 09, 2004
The Nation
Islamic fundamentalism in Southeast Asia is erasi...
Genetic engineering – the answer to world peace?
April 09, 2004
The Nation
Islamic fundamentalism in Southeast Asia is erasi...
Civilisation at risk: Naipaul
April 07, 2004
The Nation
The 2001 Nobel laureate for literature, Sir VS Naipaul, is back in Thailand – this time to deliver an alarming message.
In an interview with The Nation, the 72-year-old master of the novel a...
Hitting the High Notes
April 02, 2004
Expression
If one added up all the things that Jessye Norman does well as a singer; the total would assuredly exceed that of any other soprano before the public...
Being Anita Roddick - Being The Body Shop
April 02, 2004
Power The Thought
A woman who once declared that it would be quite weird to...
Jessye Norman - A Voice For Peace
April 01, 2004
Symphony - The Magazine For Classical Music, Art, Culture
An orchid is named after her, she received the Legion d'Honneur from the President of France, the United Nations...
CENTRE STAGE:
March 26, 2004
The Nation
Norman invasion
Opera fans take note! Soprano Jessye Norman will make her Bangkok debut on May 2 at the Thailand Cultural Centre. Norman cleared her tight schedule for a charity s...
Human values need revision
March 25, 2004
The Nation
Human values must be revised as global consumerism strives to promote a culture of jealousy instead of peace, said Jakob von Uexkuell, founder of the alternative Nobel Prize. During a lecture yesterda...
Business as Unusual
March 13, 2004
Chiangmai Mail
Read the headline again. Shouldn’t that be “business as usual”?
Well, no, because when Dame Anita Roddick mounted the podium in the auditorium of the Faculty of Business Administration ...
Laureate: Invest in sunlight
March 10, 2004
The Nation
Solar energy is the only sustainable energy source for electricity generation as the traditional means of burning fuel at power stations is accompanied by chemical and radiation contamination of th...
Opera diva Norman to sing in Bangkok
March 10, 2004
The Nation
Billed as the “greatest soprano of our generation”, Jessye Norman will make her debut performance in the Kingdom on May 2 in front of what is expected to be a full house at the Thailand Cultural Ce...
Rebel with a cause
March 07, 2004
The Nation
Nearly three decades since founding the Body Shop, Anita Roddick is still championing activist causes worldwide.
Anita Roddick, founder of the Body Shop and an avid campaigner for workers’ right...
Roddick the Radical
March 06, 2004
Bangkok Post, Outlook
Body Shop founder is convinced that businesses should pay more attention to principles rather than profits.
As a girl, Anita Roddick’s mother sent her to church with garlic hidden in the hems of...
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: 'Use trade to force change'
March 02, 2004
The Nation
MBA schools do a poor job, says Body Shop chief
Trade relationships need to be tied to compassion, respect for human rights and gender equality, says Dame Anita Roddick, founder of The Bo...
The Peace Advocate
March 01, 2004
Metro Magazine
Jose Ramos-Horta knows war. During the Indonesian occupation of East Timor, one-third of the country’s population died in the violence that ensued or by starvation. Among them were three of his...
Commerce with a conscience
February 28, 2004
Chiangmai Mail
UK Ambassador for British Business to address Chiang Mai
The International Peace Foundation in cooperation with Chiang Mai University will bring another participant in the event series...
An Interview with José Ramos-Horta
February 22, 2004
The Irrawaddy
“The military in Burma should be aware that it is not going to prevent forever the birth of democracy and freedom.”
José Ramos-Horta is a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and the Minister fo...
Spreading peace through science and commerce in developing countries
February 21, 2004
Chiangmai Mail
The International Peace Foundation (IPF) sponsored another of its
keynote speeches at Chiang Mau University's Faculty of Medicine last
week.
The Dialogues Towards a Culture of Peace invite everybod...
A global citizen
February 15, 2004
The Nation
India's Karan Singh, appearing in Bangkok as part of the World Peace
Foundation series of talks, foresees a brotherhood of shared
responsibility.
Dr Karan Singh is not an individual you ca...
Hard road ahead for reform of UN
February 10, 2004
The Nation, Regional
Keeping reform at the United Nations practical and forcing the
organisation to become more autonomous and less vulnerable to a small
number of large and powerful countries would be "a hell of a diffic...
More sophisticated response needed
February 08, 2004
Former Australian foreign
minister Gareth Evans has some sharp criticisms of the handling of the
war on terror in his current role as head of an international crisis
resolution organisation
When opportunity calls, just answer the telephone
February 07, 2004
The Nation
Dr Richard J Roberts, a 1993 Nobel Laureate for Medicine, said
yesterday that if your phone rings at six in the morning on a holiday,
you should still pick it up. Roberts who won the prize for...
Spreading peace through science and commerce in developing countries
February 07, 2004
Chiang Mai Mail
Chiang Mai University (CMU) will welcome a very famous keynote speaker
who will give an address on applied gene information on Thursday,
February 12, at 2 p.m. He is Dr. Richard J. Roberts, a Nobel La...
A man of Integrity and Honor; Jose Ramos-Horta Nobel Prizewinner speaks at CMU.
February 07, 2004
Chiangmai Mail
Though we are a little out of the way and it does indeed seem sometimes
that we are far from the focus of things, there is the occasional ray
of light th...
Laureate lauds science as a tool for peace
February 06, 2004
The Nation
The potential of science as a force for peace should be better
promoted, a Nobel Prize winner told a Bangkok audience yesterday. Dr
Richard J Roberts, who won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 19...
PATH to PEACE
February 03, 2004
Bangkok Post, Outlook
East Timor's Jose Ramos-Horta discusses the dynamics of separatist movements - what works, what doesn't and why
From Palestine to Sri Lanka to Thailand's own southern region, peace...
Nicolaas Bloembergen speaks on Laser Technology in Peace and War
January 31, 2004
Chiangmai Mail
The Dialogues towards a Culture of Peace series continued last week at
Chiang Mai University Faculty of Science with high caliber keynote
speaker, Nobel Prize winner Prof. Nicolaas Bloembergen deli...
Invasion fears bring India, Pakistan closer
January 22, 2004
The Nation, Regional
With the tragic example of the USled war against Iraq in mind, Indian
and Pakistani leaders will walk into their peace talks next month ready
to cooperate to fend off the threat of a foreign invasion ...
A tempest of dance
January 22, 2004
The Nation
Does the fact that Thai performers are being invited to collaborate abroad mean we’re ready for the world? With three major dance productions – “I-Tap-Paj-Ja-Ya-Ta”, “Pla-Boo-Thong” (“The Golden Fish”...
Dancing in the eye of a storm
January 21, 2004
Bangkok Post, Outlook
Shakespeare classic takes a freestyle form
The experience of the contemporary dance adaptation of Shakespeare's
classic The Tempest held last Wednesday at the Thailand Cultural Center
was ...
Laureate lays out disputed vision of life before oxygen
January 14, 2004
The Nation, National
Life may have been present on Earth even prior to the appearance of
oxygen on the planet, according to 1998 Nobel Laureate for Medicine
Prof Ferid Murad. American-born Murad is credited with discoveri...
A bright, shining neutral light
January 13, 2004
The Nation, Regional
Although the development of laser research was stimulated by American
military considerations, its peaceful non-military applications have
vastly benefited mankind and taught us that science and techn...
Into the Storm
January 13, 2004
The Nation
Conjurers of dance, Marcia Haydee and Ismael Ivo have mastered the winds in Shakespeare's 'Tempest'.
What audiences will see is controlled fury. Shakespeare's "The Tempest",...
'BRIDGE' DIALOGUES: Rethinking the meaning of peace
January 08, 2004
The Nation, Regional
What is peace? To many people it is simply the absence of war. But to a
number of Nobel laureates and intellectuals who have visited Thailand
since last November the term can be viewed in a much more ...
Tempestuous adaptation
January 07, 2004
Bangkok Post, Local
Dance greats stage cross-cultural version of Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'
A whirlwind cross-cultural collaboration of frenzied energy, abstract artistry and soulful spirit hits the T...
Fighting 'poor people's pollution'
December 09, 2003
Bangkok Post, Outlook
Nobel Prize laureate for chemistry Paul J. Crutzen urges countries to work together to improve air quality
Walking the streets of the City of Angels, one cannot avoid inhaling 'Eau...
Nobelpreisträger Crutzen befürchtet Klima-GAU
December 08, 2003
Die Welt
Globale Erwärmung durch Asiens Wachstum
Bangkok - Professor Paul J. Crutzen, Nobelpreisträger für Chemie, muss immer wieder staunen, wenn er nach Asien reist. In Indien und China, ...
Nobel laureate concerned by global warning
December 02, 2003
The Nation
Nobel laureate for chemistry Paul J Crutzen yesterday expressed "worries" about the unchecked negative impact by man on the atmosphere.
All countries should take stronger actions to...
Peace or Not Peace... Whose choice is it?
December 01, 2003
Guide of Bangkok
Thailand<...
The Tempest
December 01, 2003
Guide of Bangkok
Bangkok is gearing up for the dance-theat...
Voice of Voiceless
December 01, 2003
Metro Magazine
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights activist and former candidate to the
Global problems interrelated, Nobel winner warns
November 26, 2003
The Nation
Many of the world's problems, while seemingly unrelated, are in fact "grossly interdependent" and require commitments from communities and
governments on a global scale if they are to be solved, a Nob...
Rapid development can't guarantee a peaceful world
November 26, 2003
Bangkok Post, Home
Rapid advances in sciences which promise better health and life cannot
guarantee a peaceful world, whose "future is greatly threatened", says
the 1985 Nobel laureate for chemistry. In an hour-l...
Ambassador of peace
November 21, 2003
Bangkok Post
Liechtenstein princess has a long history of working for change
The life of HSH Princess Raffaella of Liechtenstein is a Cinderella
story with a difference. With her privileged pos...
Diseases 'require global response'
November 20, 2003
The Nation
The world is under threat from emerging diseases, and the only way to
combat them is through peace and medical cooperation across borders, a
visiting Nobel laureate in medicine said yesterday...
Clearing the road to health and peace
November 17, 2003
The Nation
Other than during conflicts, peace and health are such different topics
that it seems impossible to point out a single link between the two.
But a Nobel ...
Rev. Jesse Jackson visits Karen refugee camps in Mae Hong Son
November 15, 2003
Chiangmai Mail
Sittichai Prasertsri, the deputy governor of...
Democracy's promise to the poor
November 15, 2003
The Nation
Democracy is not like money. It can't lift people out poverty just by being inserted into their pockets...
Civil society at risk from war on terror
November 13, 2003
The Nation
The blurring of the lines between terrorism and democratic opposition
is undermining civil society's progress towards a just world that
respects individual liberty and human rights, Prince Alfred of L...
Prince Alfred: New approach needed
November 12, 2003
The Nation
A new paradigm for the world economy is needed in order to address
global economic inequalities, said Prince Alfred of Liechtenstein in
Bangkok yesterday.
"We need a fundamentally n ...
REV JESSE JACKSON INTERVIEW (PART 2): 'American media have become too embedded'
November 11, 2003
The Nation, Regional
This is the second and final part of former US presidential candidate
Reverend Jesse Jackson's interview with Nation Group editor-in-chief
Suthichai Yoon. Jackson was in Thailand last week to kick-sta ...
REV JESSE JACKSON INTERVIEW (PART 1): 'We find ourselves in a deep hole'
November 09, 2003
The Nation
The veteran US civil-rights leader views the situation in Iraq as only getting worse as blunders are compounded.
In an exclusive television interview with the Nation's Group's Editor-in-Chief Suth...
Rev Jackson full of praise for Thaksin
November 08, 2003
The Nation
Reverend Jesse Jackson said before leaving Bangkok yesterday that his
meeting with Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra had been 'most
significant'. Jackson said Thaksin had assured h...
CMU host for Nobel Laureates with lectures, workshops and seminars
November 08, 2003
Chiangmai Mail
Thailand has been chosen as
the host country for 'Bridges-Dialogues towards a Culture of Peace'.
H.E. Anand Panyarachun, the former prime minister, is chairman of the...
PM dismisses Jackson's call for Burma pressure
November 07, 2003
Bangkok Post
Rangoon 'should not be humiliated'
Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday dismissed US human rights
advocate Jesse Jackson's call for international pressure on Burma,
saying T...
Jackson blasts US policy
November 07, 2003
The Nation
The United States can become a force for peace only if it changes its
present course on foreign relations and abandons its unilateralism and
double standards, Reverend Jesse Jackson told a mostly stud...
US elections could reshape world image
November 07, 2003
Bangkok Post
The 2004 presidential election would be a significant time for
Americans to turn around the country's image in the eyes of the world
over the issue of the Iraqi war, United States human right advocate...
Jackson seeks to up pressure on Burma
November 06, 2003
The Nation
High-profile US civil rights leader the Reverend Jesse Jackson
yesterday called for increased pressure to be applied on Burma's
military junta and appealed to the Thai government to treat refugees
hum...
Reverend Jesse Jackson speaks
November 06, 2003
Bangkok Post, Outlook
The American civil rights activist talks to 'Outlook' about the need
for international labour rights standards and the potential of Iraq to
become another Vietnam for the US
In many...
Blacks in Bush cabinet are token
November 06, 2003
Bangkok Post
US Reverend Jesse Jackson will deliver the keynote speech, 'Can the
United States become a force for peace? _ the US after the war on
Iraq', at Thammasat University today. Here he looks at the role of...
REVEREND JESSE JACKSON: 'Quagmire in Iraq may engulf the world'
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