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To: DMaA who wrote (11656)10/10/2003 4:12:31 PM
From: LindyBill  Read Replies (1) of 793843
 
A well deserved Peace Prize! It's a slap in the face of the Mullahs.
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Iranian Activist Ebadi Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Award Seen as a Boost for Reformers
By Alister Doyle
Reuters
Friday, October 10, 2003; 11:40 AM

OSLO, Oct 10 - Iranian lawyer Shirin Ebadi became the first Muslim woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize Friday for a fearless defense of human rights in an award designed to spur wider democracy in the Islamic world.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee praised Ebadi -- Iran's first female judge before the 1979 Islamic revolution forced her to step down in favor of men -- for battling to defend the rights of women and children.
washingtonpost.com
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