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Anti-Nuclear Campaign ICAN Wins 2017 Nobel Peace Prize

posted by martyb on Saturday October 07 2017, @08:29AM   Printer-friendly
from the we-come-in-peace dept.

AnonTechie writes:

The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, as the Norwegian Nobel Committee warned that the risk of a nuclear conflict is greater than for a long time.

ICAN describes itself as a coalition of grassroots non-government groups in more than 100 nations. It began in Australia and was officially launched in Vienna in 2007.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nobel-prize-peace/anti-nuclear-campaign-ican-wins-2017-nobel-peace-prize-idUSKBN1CB0XR

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Given the current tensions due to North Korea, this prize seems somehow apt. What do you think?

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  • (Score: 0, Disagree) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 08 2017, @02:58PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 08 2017, @02:58PM (#578885)

    An estimated 51 million people have been killed in wars between 1945 and 2000. Almost a third of these deaths were amongst the population of China. China, Vietnam, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Sudan suffered the highest number of war deaths during this period.

    Very few war deaths have occurred in Japan, Western Europe and North America between 1945 and 2000.

    Out of sight, out of mind.

    In all seriousness, that number does not even begin to compare with the body count of World War II.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 10 2017, @01:22AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 10 2017, @01:22AM (#579536)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_casualties [wikipedia.org]

    "Over 60 million people were killed" in World War II.