Sakharov Smuggled Nobel Prize Speech to Oslo Via Embassy Ploy, Papers Reveal 50 Years On
OSLO (Reuters) - On a cold December morning in 1975, Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov met a Norwegian diplomat on a Moscow ...
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The Secret Nobel Mission: Sakharov's Defiant Speech
Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov, prohibited from attending the Nobel ceremony in Oslo, secretly passed his acceptance speech to a Norwegian diplomat in Moscow. The speech, read by his wife, ...
Jailed Egyptian-British dissident's hunger-striking mother hospitalised
The mother of jailed Egyptian-British dissident Alaa Abd el-Fattah was taken to hospital on Monday night as she neared the ...
WHO very concerned about rising attacks on health care in the West Bank
The World Health Organization is very concerned about attacks on health care in the West Bank, an official told journalists ...
Workers to hold two-day strike at Munich airport in row over pay
Public sector workers and ground staff at Munich Airport will go on a two-day strike starting Thursday after wage ...
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Andrei Sakharov
ANDREI SAKHAROV was a Soviet nuclear physicist and dissident and the winner of the 1975 Nobel Peace Prize. He was the author of Alarm and Hope and Collected Scientific Works.
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The Legacy of the Soviet Union’s Tsar Bomba Still Haunts Us
Andrei Sakharov, a Soviet physicist, conceived of the 100-megaton weapon. He ultimately reduced its yield to a lower (though still devastating) 50 megatons. Even with the reduced yield ...
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A Release From Exile To An Iconic Movie Release — On This Day In History December 19
Source: Wikipedia Mikhail Gorbachev’s decision to free Andrei Sakharov, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist and prominent dissident, marked a significant step in the Soviet Union’s move toward ...