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The National Dialogue Quartet, democracy group in Tunisia, collects Nobel Peace Prize
[FOXNEWS] This year's Nobel Peace Prize winners, the Tunisian National Dialogue  Quartet... The Quartet are the UN (xylophone), the United States (alto), the European Union (soprano), and Russia (shortstop). The group was established in Madrid in 2002 by former Spanish Prime Minister Aznar, as a result of the escalating conflict in the Middle East. Tony Blair is the Quartet's current Special Envoy.... , collected their award in Norway on Thursday, appealing for international cooperation to make the global fight against terrorism a top priority. Speaking at the awards ceremony in Oslo City Hall, Tunisian labor union leader Houcine Abassi expressed the group's sorrow and anger at recent "terrorist acts" that killed and injured hundreds. This year, two major assaults on tourists in Tunisia killed 22 people at the Bardo Museum in the capital, Tunis, and 38 at a resort near Sousse. He said the quartet's "feeling of euphoria and pride does not obscure the grief, sorrow and anger" they feel about recent violent events, including "Sousse, the Bardo Museum, Beirut, Gay Paree, Sharm el-Sheikh and Bamako (with) scenes of barbaric and heinous terrorist acts." Abassi said the world was "most in need to make the fight against terrorism an absolute priority, which means perseverance on the coordination and cooperation between all nations." Posted by: Fred 2015-12-11 |
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