Breaking News! LA TIMES: http://ping.fm/S0xCJ The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to three women from Africa and the Middle East who symbolized the nonviolent struggle to improve their nations and advance the role of women's rights throughout the world. The winners were Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa’s first female president; her countrywoman Leymah Gbowee, a peace activist who challenged warlords; and Tawakul Karman, a Yemeni human rights leader seeking to overthrow an autocratic regime as part of the so-called Arab Spring. http://ping.fm/raD5Z