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http://keiyait.notlong.com chicagotribune.com 'Alternative Nobel' winners named Associated Press October 14, 2009 STOCKHOLM -- Two activists and a doctor on Tuesday won the Right Livelihood Award, also known as the "alternative Nobel," for work to protect rain forests, improve women's health and rid the world of nuclear weapons. Rene Ngongo of Congo, Alyn Ware of New Zealand and Australian-born Catherine Hamlin each will receive $74,000, the Right Livelihood Foundation said. The honorary part of the award, without money, went to Canadian David Suzuki, 73, for raising awareness of climate change. Swedish-German philanthropist Jakob von Uexkull founded the awards in 1980 to recognize work he felt was being ignored by the Nobel Prizes. Ngongo, 48, was honored "for his courage in confronting the forces that are destroying Congo's rain forests." Ware, a peace activist from New Zealand, was recognized for "initiatives over two decades to further peace education and to rid the world of nuclear weapons." Hamlin, 85, moved to Ethiopia from Australia in 1959 to work as an obstetrician and gynecologist, founding a free women's hospital. The awards will be presented in a ceremony at the Swedish Parliament on Dec. 4.
