German Peace Award for Mira Nairs The Reluctant Fundamentalist

(MENAFN - Khaleej Times) Dr Shihab Ghanem is the first Arab national to be awarded the prestigious international Tagore Peace Award by the Asiatic Society.The award was presented to the UAE poet, translator of poetry and writer, at an award ceremony ...

TOKYO - U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade Francisco Sánchez today concluded his Trade Winds Asia 2013 participation by presenting the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ) with a Peace through Commerce Medal Award ...

ONE DROP is proud to announce the nomination of Chief International Programs Officer Danielle Valiquette for an award which will be presented tonight, at the Gala des prix Reconnaissance UQAM 2013. On this occasion, seven Universite du Quebec a ...

Judy DaSilva is a key player in Grassy Narrow's decade-long logging blockade A First Nations rights activist from Grassy Narrows is getting international recognition. Judy DaSilva received the Michael Sattler Peace Prize from the German Mennonite ...

Five nurses from the United States have been awarded the Florence Nightingale Medal by the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva for their exemplary service to the Red Cross. According to a release, four American Red Cross nurses and a ...

On April 22, at a packed, black-tie ceremony in New York City, the Myanmar president, represented by minister Aung Min, accepted an award from the respected global NGO International Crisis Group for the "pursuit of peace." The award, given annually ...

The latest report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), based in Sweden, shows that in 2012, Nigeria ranked as the 6th highest spender on the military in Africa, and this is because of the increase in insurgency across the ...

Jerry Sisk is honored posthumously by International Colored Gemstone Association. The late Gerald D. Jerry Sisk Jr., co-founder and executive vice president of Jewelry Television is recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the ...

Arif Naqvi, Founder and Group Chief Executive of The Abraaj Group, has received the 2013 Oslo Business for Peace Award at a ceremony in the Oslo City Hall, Norway. Mr Naqvi is the first Chief Executive from the United Arab Emirates and from within ...