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27/03/2003
Nobel peace prize winner arrested in Washington
Northern Ireland peace prize winner Mairead Corrigan-Maguire has been arrested during an anti-war protest in Washington.
Mrs Maguire, fellow Nobel laureate Jody Williams and two American bishops, were among 60 people demonstrating outside the White House last night. The four were arrested when they passed through a police line outside the Oval Office.
Mairead Corrigan and Betty Williams were honoured in 1976 for their contribution to the peace in the north through the foundation of the Northern Ireland Peace Movement (later renamed the Community of Peace People).
Jody Williams was awarded the peace prize in 1997 following her work seeking a global ban on the use of landmines.
(GMcG)
Mrs Maguire, fellow Nobel laureate Jody Williams and two American bishops, were among 60 people demonstrating outside the White House last night. The four were arrested when they passed through a police line outside the Oval Office.
Mairead Corrigan and Betty Williams were honoured in 1976 for their contribution to the peace in the north through the foundation of the Northern Ireland Peace Movement (later renamed the Community of Peace People).
Jody Williams was awarded the peace prize in 1997 following her work seeking a global ban on the use of landmines.
(GMcG)
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