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Kenyan Environmental Activist Wins Nobel Peace Prize

NPR's Jason Beaubien reports from Kenya on the winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize, environmental activist Wangari Maathai. She was honored for her work fighting against government-backed forest clearance in her home country.

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Jason Beaubien is NPR's Global Health and Development Correspondent on the Science Desk.