Nobel prize for literature goes to Mario Vargas Llosa
Peruvian novelist and failed presidential candidate takes literature's highest honour Reuters The Peruvian writer Maria Vargas Llosa today won the 2010 Nobel prize for literature, crowning a career in which he helped spark the global boom in South American literature, launched a failed presidential bid and maintained a 30-year feud with the man he now joins as a Nobel laureate, Gabriel García Márq
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One in seven Northern Ireland nationalists sympathise with dissident terrorists
Members of the Real IRA at a ceremony in Londonderry. The dissident republican group has more support than was previously thought, according to a survey. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Members of the Real IRA at a ceremony in Londonderry. The dissident republican group has more support than was previously thought, according to a survey. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA
Sea Shepherd 'sank its own anti-whaling boat'
An estranged former member of direct action anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd alleges it ordered its own boat to be scuttled to win public sympathy. Peter Bethune was captain of the hi-tech Ady Gil when its bow was shorn off in a collision with a Japanese whaler it was shadowing in January. It sank two days later, but Mr Bethune now alleges he was ordered to scuttle it by Sea Shepherd head Paul Wats
Archbishop Desmond Tutu ends public career at 79
Desmond Tutu says he wants to make way for a new generation of leaders Archbishop Desmond Tutu is stepping down from public life, as he celebrates his 79th birthday. The man described as the "conscience" of South Africa was a prominent voice during the country's struggle against white minority rule. He has since been the voice of reconciliation in a number of regional conflicts. But the Nobel Peac
Israel's Netanyahu backs Jewish loyalty oath
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has re-introduced a proposal to require any non-Jew taking Israeli citizenship to swear allegiance to Israel as a "Jewish and democratic state". The proposal has angered Israel's Arab minority, which makes up 20% of Israel's population. Labour party ministers, who also oppose the bill, say they expect a new freeze on settlement building as a payoff. This is a key Pale
Mario Vargas Llosa wins Nobel Literature Prize
Mario Vargas Llosa : "At first I thought, but what if this is a joke?" Peruvian Mario Vargas Llosa, one of the most acclaimed writers in the Spanish-speaking world, has been awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize for literature. The Swedish Academy hailed "his cartography of structures of power" and "trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat." The 74-year-old has written more than
Poll suggests some nationalist sympathy for dissidents
Fourteen per cent of nationalists sympathise with dissident republicans, new research claims. The findings are contained in a survey on electoral change and prospects in Northern Ireland. It will be presented at a conference at Queen's University on Thursday. Professor Jon Tonge from Liverpool University said researchers had been surprised by the figure. Researchers spoke to 1,002 people across NI
Molecule building work wins Nobel
The method has allowed scientists to make drugs and improved electronics Three scientists have shared this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing new ways of linking carbon atoms together. The Nobel was awarded to Professors Richard Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki for innovative ways of developing complex molecules. The chemical method developed by the researchers has allowed scient
Vietnam demands release of fishermen held in China
Vietnam has demanded the unconditional release of nine fishermen detained by China last month, Vietnamese media reported today, as tension rose in the latest dispute in the South China Sea. The demand came a week before a meeting in the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, that will bring together defence ministers of the region as well as the US defence secretary, Robert Gates. China has accused the fisher
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