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Covering Obama and the Nobel Peace Prize

The news that President Obama was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize seemed to take everyone by surprise — from the White House to journalists covering the Friday morning announcement in Oslo.

Forgiveness is honored: The Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu

Love and forgiveness might seem like vague concepts for journalists to turn into a news story. But with boldface names like the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu jointly receiving the first-ever Fetzer Prize for Love and Forgiveness this week, the task is easier. And ReligionLink can help, too.

Religion and peacebuilding

Acknowledging and harnessing the force of faith
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Religion often plays a critical role in global conflicts, but comparatively little public attention has been paid to the role of religion in peacemaking.

Truce reinvigorates American Jewish peace movement

With a fragile truce in effect between Israel and the Palestinians, hope is rising among Jews for an eventual two-state settlement between the two peoples. Perhaps, many say, Mahmoud Abbas is the determined partner for peace that many doves came to conclude Yasser Arafat was not. For the first time since the second Palestinian intifada [...]