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BloombergNorway’s PRIO Head Says Córdoba Most Likely Nobel Peace Winner
By Meera Bhatia
Sept. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Piedad Córdoba, the Colombian senator who has been advocating a peace process in her country, is the most likely winner for the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, said Norway’s International Peace Research Institute Director Kristian Berg Harpviken.
A second “strong” candidate is Jordanian Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad for promoting interfaith dialogue. Sima Samar, the Afghan woman at the helm of her country’s human rights commission, is also a likely candidate, Oslo-based PRIO said today on its Web site.
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Piedad Córdoba, center, with Speaker Pelosi, and Rep. Jim McGovernPiedad Cordoba wants Congress to push prisoner swap
Wednesday, 09 September 2009 11:33 Neda Vanovac
Opposition senator Piedad Cordoba questioned the government's lack of action and awareness of public opinion after publication of proof-of-life videos of ten members of Colombia's security forces held captive by the FARC., The senator urges Congress to take action to push a prisoner swap.
"I want to suggest to the government that we assume an attitude of honesty, allowing us to play a much more decent, dignified and committed role regarding {hostage} releases. To this end I propose that the Senate of the Republic form a committee to talk with the President of the Republic to take certainty and clarity as far as it can go," said Cordoba.
Senator Cordoba has long been pressuring President Alvaro Uribe's government to make a humanitarian agreement with the rebel group to effectuate a prisoner exchange. So far the government has not capitulated.
The senator said that kidnapping charges will eventually take the FARC to the International Criminal Court, along with the government themselves.
"The government has no compelling arguments to
," Cordoba added.
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