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Matt Straley

Sweden's Transtromer wins 2011 Nobel Literature prize - Yahoo! News - 0 views

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    STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's most famous living poet Tomas Transtromer won the Nobel prize for literature on Thursday, more than 20 years after a stroke severely limited his speech and movement, but not the power of his writing.
Taylor G

Assange, WikiLeaks Founder, May Be Extradited, Judges Rules - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    A London court ruled on Wednesday that Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, can be extradited to Sweden for questioning over allegations of sexual abuse there last year. He will seek a final appeal to the Britain's highest court, according to a person close to Mr. Assange
Tom McHale

Mo Yan of China wins Nobel Prize for literature - CNN.com - 0 views

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    "Mo Yan -- a beloved Chinese author who has captivated his countrymen by intertwining fantasy and gritty everyday life -- won the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded Mo the prestigious prize, saying the author's "hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary.""
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