Special to WorldTribune.com The Chinese alternative to the Nobel Peace Prize has gone to “a war-monger … and a sadist who delights in the misery of the people,” said one critic of the award. But China defended the honor it bestowed on 91-year-old Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, saying that “ever since Robert Mugabe was sworn […]
John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — George Orwell would have laughed at the very notion. Russian Premier Vladimir Putin has won a curiously-awarded Peace Prize for his military attack on Chechnya in 1999, and his “iron hand and toughness” in dealing with separatists near and far, the old fashioned way. For his bellicose actions, Putin […]
