Peace Declared

US forces to begin final withdrawal from Iraq, with the last day of 2011 as the endpoint for the 'Occupation'.

http://www.thenation.com/article/164087/after-nearly-nine-years-war-and-occupation-america-withdraw-all-troops-iraq

Letter to Mohammed Bouazizi

As the Arab spring becomes the 'American Fall', this article recalls the actions of the man who provided the spark for it all.

http://www.salon.com/2011/10/18/mohammed_bouazizi_ows/singleton/

Nobel Intentions

Nobel Peace Prize split three ways.

http://www.theworld.org/2011/10/nobel-peace-prize-shared-between-three-women/

However controversy surrounds the role of the Nobel Prize Committee in the awarding of the prize to Liberian President Sirleaf.

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/10/did-nobel-committee-award-liberias-sirleaf-to-help-her-win-reelection/246357/


This isn't the first controversy the Nobel Peace Prize has been in as some of the past recipients are testimony to.


http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/10/06/the_ignobels?page=0,0