Omar,

Thanks for the info. on the Nobel Peace Prize awards. l am especially glad
that Medecins Sans Frontiers won this one. l have a good friend from The
Netherlands, Dr Thomas Van Der Hayden, who was part of a group of Drs. from
this organization, all of whom were in Botswana while we  were there, and it
was the first time l heard of them. They were great people  who did so much
while there. Thomas  also performed a delicate operation on one of my boys
when he was still an infant, and did a superb job.l always think of him when
l hear the name of this organization. One of the small things that restores
your faith in humanity.

Jabou

 The ceremony took place in Oslo this afternoon,and this year`s award went to
Medecins Sans Frontieres, a group of doctors who have committed their lives
to the combination of humanitarian and human rights violation work. This
group was formed after the Biafra war and has ever since been active in
especially war ravaged areas. The first nobel peace prize was awarded to
Henry Dunant in 1901 for his efforts at the battle of Solferino which led to
the foundation of the Red Cross. Since then people like Albert Luthuli,
Martin Luther king Jr, Mother Theresa, Desmond Tutu, Suu Kyi, Mandela, De
klerk, the organization for the eradication of landmines etc had also been
honoured.

 These are people who were or are still committed to the struggle for the
freedom of people in distress in regaining their rights and dignity as human
beings, to the establishment of justice for all, to  the improvement of the
lives of the downtrodden and in alleviating their suffering, and to the
insistance on political responsibility. The whole world is surely grateful to
this self sacrificial duty.

 It is a pity though that as the ceremony went ahead this afternoon, many
people still live in indescribable suffering and the state of fear where
oppression continues to be the order of the day, and with dictators ruling
high-handedly. Better be warned; you shall all be doomed to dericlition and
despair some day. Remember dictators cant serve forever and God doesn`t like
you either.

 The truth shall always set us free.

 Regards,
 Omar.
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