# Peace

All time

The 12 burning questions* of Xmas: Real tree or fake?

This and every festive day until New Year’s Eve, let TheJournal.ie distract you from the ‘serious’ news with one of life’s REAL dilemmas. (*not really)

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Dec 20th 2011, 12:00 PM

# Syria

Arab League rejects Syrian changes to peace plan

The Arab League has said that the Syrian government has changed the peace plan and altered its essence.

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Nov 20th 2011, 12:47 PM

# Your Say

Poll: Should we wear poppies to honour the Irish war dead?

More than 50,000 Irish people died in the First and Second World Wars. Should we wear the poppy to commemorate them?

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Nov 11th 2011, 11:17 AM

# Ig Nobel Prize

Wasabi, yawning, and needing to pee: the winners of the 2011 Ig Nobel prizes

The alternative annual prizes – honouring science that makes us laugh and think – are as off-the-wall as ever.

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Oct 5th 2011, 3:56 PM

# Daily Fix

The Daily Fix: Monday

Catch up on the day’s biggest news stories as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed.

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Sep 12th 2011, 7:53 PM

# Cup of sugar?

Peace deal brokered between feuding neighbours

Officials in Malaysia were forced to draw up a peace treaty to end a three-year row over barking dogs and loud music.

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Jun 16th 2011, 3:14 PM

# Nobels

Nobel peace prize awarded to Liu Xiaobo

In a move that is bound to anger Bejing, dissident Liu Xiaobo has been awarded for his “long and non-violent struggle for human rights in China”.

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Oct 8th 2010, 11:24 AM

# Clones Cyclone

McGuigan honoured with peace prize for NI work

The former World Champion boxer is awarded the United Nations Inspiration Award for his contribution to Northern Irish peace.

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Sep 22nd 2010, 9:04 AM