Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Madam Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Two Other Activist Women

(Reuters) - The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize was won on Friday by Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, her compatriot, Leymah Gbowee, and Yemeni activist Tawakul Karman.

Following are the last 10 winners:

2011 - Liberians Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Yemeni activist Tawakul Karman for "women's rights to full participation in peace-building work."

2010 - Liu Xiaobo "for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China."

2009 - President Barack Obama for efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.

2008 - Former Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari for working for peace in places from Namibia to Kosovo.
2007 - Former vice-president Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for raising awareness of the risks of climate change.

2006 - Bangladeshi economics professor Muhammad Yunus and Bangladesh's Grameen Bank for work to end poverty through "microfinance."

2005 - The International Atomic Energy Agency and its head Mohamed ElBaradei for fighting the spread of nuclear weapons.

2004 - Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai for her movement promoting the planting of tens of millions of trees.

2003 - Iranian human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi for her work in defending human rights and promoting democracy in Iran.

2002 - Former president Jimmy Carter for years of work helping to solve conflicts in places ranging from the Middle East to North Korea, Haiti and Eritrea.