and Mother Teresa (1979), but some recipients have proven more controversial than others. When the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Barack Obama, many commentators questioned the choice ...

Mother Teresa received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her extensive charitable work. In 1950, she founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Catholic organisation dedicated to helping the poor ...

Mother Teresa, although of Albanian descent, became synonymous with India due to her humanitarian work in Kolkata. She was ...

There was once talk of Queen Elizabeth receiving the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize — but she wasn’t interested in winning it, according to a senior courtier. The late Queen, who died on Sept.

The date of 5 September was chosen in order to commemorate the anniversary of the passing away of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 "for work undertaken in the ...

Previous recipients of the peace prize include Martin Luther King Jr, Mother Teresa and Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela. The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo, Norway, each year. The late Queen never ...

Everybody today seems to be in such a terrible rush, anxious for great development, greater riches and so on that children ...

Past recipients of the prestigious award include Barack Obama, Nelson Mandela and Mother Teresa Frank Augstein ... receiving the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize — but she wasn’t interested ...