Asia honors its Magsaysay 2010 Winners

Who has done most for peace and climate recently in Asia?

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Magsaysay awardees announced

three-term mayor of Hiroshima

photographer who documented river pollution in his native China

Ramon Magsaysay Awards

Asia's equivalent of the Nobel Prize

As a Japanese lawmaker and later Hiroshima mayor, Mr Akiba painfully recognised that his city had the moral obligation to warn the world of the nuclear danger, the Magsaysay Award organisers said. He led a movement called 'Mayors for Peace' that includes more than 4,000 cities in 144 countries.Read more at www.straitstimes.com

 

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