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Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkol Karman - The New York Times
Nobel Prize - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf dreamt big. The Nobel Laureate was Africa's first democratically elected female president. She was elected President of Liberia in 2005 and oversaw a reign of uninterrupted
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