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            <title><![CDATA[Children’s rights groups or the International Space Station? Possible Nobel Peace Prize candidates emerge as Trump looms over award]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[US President Donald Trump is once again casting a shadow over the Norwegian Nobel Committee’s choice of this year’s Peace Prize laureate. The result could be a neutral recipient - in space.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 03:45:19 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Children, courts or the International Space Station? Peace Prize contenders emerge as Trump casts a shadow over Nobel decision]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[US President Donald Trump is once again casting a shadow over the Norwegian Nobel Committee as it chooses this year’s Peace Prize laureate. The result could be a neutral recipient - in space.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 06:45:21 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Belarus pardons 13 more political prisoners in bid for US sanctions relief]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Belarus continues to release political prisoners in an attempt to get the US to ease sanctions against the country.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:59:07 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Belarus to release 25 political prisoners in deal with US envoy, report says]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Belarus will release 25 political prisoners, US envoy John Coale announced during his recent visit to the country's capital, Minsk. In exchange, the US will lift sanctions against two of the country's companies, according to the envoy.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 10:12:32 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Belarus pardons 22 political prisoners]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko pardoned 22 political prisoners. 20 of them were convicted of “extremist crimes,” a term used in Belarus for political cases.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 09:38:09 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ten good news stories from 2025]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Amidst all the darkness in the news in 2025, there were also glimmers of light and progress to rejoice in. Here are ten good news stories from the past year, listed in no particular order.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 05:16:30 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Nobel Peace Prize Controversies Through the Years]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Donald Trump hopes hard and pushes on – but can he really get the Nobel Peace Prize? However it may be, the Norwegian Nobel Committee will likely get criticism for Friday's choice. But it is not the first time the Peace Prize is surrounded by angry words and scandal headlines.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2025 03:45:58 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Belarus Activists Hope for Trump or BBC to Aid Imprisoned Nobel Laureate]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A phone call from Donald Trump - or at least a question from BBC. That's what the opposition in Belarus hopes for to get help for the imprisoned Nobel laureate Ales Bjaljatski.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 18:13:02 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Peace Prize in Wartime – They Can Be Honored Today]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The conflict in the Middle East is at the center of speculations about this year's peace prize, with UN organizations and Palestinian and Israeli peace activists among the favorites. For it's hardly likely that the Norwegian Nobel Committee will choose a Norwegian?]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 11 Oct 2024 03:30:34 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Peace Prize in Wartime – They Can Be Honored in Oslo]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The conflict in the Middle East is at the center of speculations about this year's peace prize, with UN organizations and Palestinian and Israeli peace activists among the favorites. For it is hardly likely that the Norwegian Nobel Committee chooses a Norwegian?]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2024 17:15:27 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Opposition Leader: Release 224 Prisoners in Belarus]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2024 17:08:14 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Russian activist compares Russia to Nazi Germany]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Russia confirms prison sentence for Oleg Orlov, known Russian regime critic and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize 2022. In court, Orlov compared Russia to Germany under the Nazis.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2024 11:22:39 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Belarus reportedly releases political prisoners]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[An unknown number of political prisoners are reported to have been released in the dictatorship of Belarus.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jul 2024 11:50:26 GMT</pubDate>
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