3 peace laureates protest EU’s prize
Posted: December 1, 2012 at 2:56 a.m.
Three Nobel Peace Prize laureates, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, have contested the awarding of this year’s prize to the European Union, saying the 27-nation bloc contradicts the values associated with the prize because it relies on military force to ensure security.
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