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Nobel Peace Prize Winners Take Aim at U.S. By CHASE SQUIRES, AP DENVER (Sept. 17) - Ten Nobel Peace Prize laureates chbishop called for world peace and took aim at U.S. policy makers, asking an enthusiastic crowd of 7,000 youth to demand that the United States pull back its military, spread its wealth and offer aid to developing countries. The Archbishop Desmond Tutu had stern words for the Bush administration. "Then how can you commit Guantanamo Bay? Take back your country," he said. Only the Dalai Lama, whose speech at the three-day PeaceJam convention at the University of Denver was...

(Hartford-WTNH, Mar. 20, 2003 10:08 PM) _ Some people recognized for their efforts in the name of world peace spoke out Thursday night about the U.S. led war with Iraq. Three Nobel Peace Prize laureates took part in a forum. When a group known as the Connecticut Forum had planned this event two months ago, they had no idea how timely it would be. During a time of war, three Nobel Peace prize recipients spent the evening at the Bushnell, speaking to an audience about their reservations about war. "Whenever people suffer, we must intervene," said Elie Wiesel. Wiesel is...