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East African Activist Wins Nobel Peace Prize

NPR | By Jason Beaubien,

Renee Montagne

Published October 8, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

The Nobel Foundation announces that an environmental and political activist from Kenya has won the 2004 Nobel Peace prize. Wangari Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement in 1977. She recently gained notice for a campaign to plant 30 million trees to combat deforestation. NPR's Renee Montagne talks to NPR's Jason Beaubien.

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