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<p>Former US secretary of state Madeleine Albright who died this week. Picture: Zach Gibson/AP</p>

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Irish Examiner view: Influential voice on the world stage

Madeleine Albright (1937-2022) broke boundaries and became a powerful influence during previous periods of global crisis

Irish people are living in denial when it comes to climate change

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Symbolic step of Ireland recognising Palestine would mean so much

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Book review: A trilogy of Maoism, one of the worst tyrannies of the 20th century

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Europe needs a new generation of statesmen

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A brief history of adultery in the Oval Office

Obama defends war as he accepts Nobel Peace Prize

PRESIDENT Barack Obama entered the pantheon of Nobel Peace Prize winners yesterday with humble words, acknowledging his own few accomplishments while delivering a robust defence of war and promising to use the prestigious award to “reach for the world that ought to be”.

Fri, 11 Dec, 2009

Obama: I am not best choice for Nobel

Nobel Peach Prize winner Barack Obama today admitted others may be more deserving of the honour.

Thu, 10 Dec, 2009

The Beijing Olympics: An achievement — and a great opportunity

DURING the lifetime of many of the hundreds of millions of people who will watch tomorrow night’s Olympic Games opening ceremony from Beijing the people of China endured the greatest famine in the history of humanity.

Thu, 07 Aug, 2008

Pope and Cox honoured with European award

POPE JOHN PAUL II and Pat Cox, the president of the European Parliament, are being given one of the most prestigious awards in Europe, the Charlemagne prize.

Thu, 25 Mar, 2004