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Peace honour for Margaret Hassan
Murdered aid worker Margaret Hassan has been given the Tipperary Peace Prize in Ireland for her charity work in Iraq.
The Care International official had "paid the ultimate price for her dedication to the poor and vulnerable in Iraq", the prize's convention said.
Sigh.
Here,
look for yourselves:
Tsunami
ITV.com - Jan 06 12:37 PM
The prestigious Tipperary International Peace Prize has been posthumously awarded to murdered aid worker Margaret Hassan. Mrs Hassan was abducted in Baghdad on October 19 but her body has not been found despite pleas to her captors by her family and the Irish and British governments.
IRAQ: Humanitarian chronology 2004
Electronic Iraq - Jan 05 7:36 PM
The office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) repatriated 303 Iraqi refugees from southern Iran on 12 January. They were transported from Bani Najjar camp in Iran to the southern Iraqi city of Basra via the Shalamcheh border crossing.
International
Independent's Internet Edition - Jan 03 4:58 AM
Jan 2: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan intends to visit tsunami stricken Indonesia next week, as the world increased aid pledges to $2 billion for victims in South Asia, UN officials said on Saturday.
Mail & Guardian Online:
Mail and Guardian - Jan 02 1:57 PM
French journalist Georges Malbrunot, who was released just before Christmas after four months in captivity in Iraq, saw in the new year at his parents' home in the south of France with tears in his eyes and a sense of relief that he was not British.
Slain CARE worker wins award
The Washington Times - Jan 02 12:12 PM
Dublin, Ireland, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Ireland's Tipperary Peace Convention has bestowed its peace prize on slain CARE worker Margaret Hassan, who was killed in Iraq late last year.
2004 Review: Major events
Ghanaweb.com - Jan 02 11:17 AM
Accra, Dec. 31, GNA - Ghanaians began the year on a quiet note but Election 2004 became the major preoccupation of most citizens with the media setting the agenda for discussions on major issues such as mergers of political parties and who stood the chance of becoming running mates.
Slain aid worker in Iraq gets Irish prize HindustanTimes.com
Hindustan Times - Jan 02 8:42 AM
The organisers of an Irish peace prize are posthumously giving the award to Margaret Hassan, a respected aid worker abducted and believed murdered in Iraq.
Posthumous award for Margaret Hassan
Al Jazeera - Jan 02 6:41 AM
Aid worker Margaret Hassan has been posthumously awarded Ireland's highest peace award the Tipperary Peace Prize.
Award for murdered aid worker
The Age - Jan 02 5:24 AM
Murdered aid worker Margaret Hassan has been posthumously awarded an Irish peace prize. Irish-born Mrs Hassan, 59, who worked for CARE Australia, was abducted in Baghdad on October 19. Her body has not been found despite pleas to her captors by her family and the Irish and British governments.
Peace prize for aid worker
DeHavilland - Jan 02 2:52 AM
Murdered aid worker Margaret Hassan has been posthumously awarded the Tipperary International Peace Prize for her charity work in Iraq. Ireland's most prestigious peace prize will be presented to the family of the 59-year-old aid worker during a ceremony in April.
Brit hostage in Iraq awarded Irish peace prize : HindustanTimes.com
Hindustan Times - Jan 02 2:13 AM
British aid worker Margaret Hassan, 59, who was taken hostage in Iraq last year and is believed to have been slain by her abductors, was awarded Ireland's most prestigious peace prize.
Peace honour for Margaret Hassan
BBC News - Jan 02 1:57 AM
British national charity worker Margaret Hassan, murdered in Iraq, is honoured posthumously with a peace award.
Hassan posthumously awarded peace prize
RTÉ News - Jan 02 1:47 AM
Irish-born aid worker Margaret Hassan has been posthumously awarded the prestigious Tipperary International Peace Prize. Mrs Hassan, who had lived and worked in Iraq for more than 30 years, is believed to have been slain by her abductors late last year.
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As we all know, she's not dead. But, the same erroneous information and same parroted press releases continue to circulate like locusts
Who will think of the snark? Not me, I'm sleepy.