the nobel committee in norway made the announcement on friday. >> the norwegian nobel committee has decided to award the nobel peace prize for 2010 to liu xiaobo for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in china. >> the 54-year-old liu became a human rights activist while attending university. in 1989, he joined the pro-democracy demonstrations at tiananmen square which ended in a bloody military crackdown. authorities arrested liu as one of the protest's leaders and he was sentenced to 18 months in prison. the incident did not deter him from releasing papers seeking political reform. the chinese government responded by detaining him or keeping him under surveillance. in 2008, liu, along with hundreds of intellectuals, released via the internet a political manifesto called "charter '08." it drew global attention for openly criticizing china's one-party communist rule. in december 2009, authorities again arrested liu on suspicion of inciting the subversion of state power. despite protests from foreign diplomats, a court sentenced him to 11 years in prison where he i

this is the norwegian nobel committee. it cited him for his nonviolent struggle for fundamental human rights in china. he is currently serving an 11-year prison sentence for subversion in china. there is a close connection between human rights and peace. president obama won the nobel peace prize last year. >>> now to decision 2010. tomorrow chris christie is expected to endorse former maryland governor bob ehrlich. the "washingtopost" reports people who donate $50 to the republican candidate in the next 24 hours could be invited to the private reception. ehrlich is running to get his old job back. >>> three dozen people are recovering this morninafter having medal emergencies at a rally with president obama. thousands of people showed up to hear martin o'malley for his reection in prince george's county yesterday. it was held at dewey state university. the president stopped his speech to request help when one person fainted. paramedics treated most people on site for heat exhaustion and dehydration. >>> it is now 6:34. the

the nobel committee in norway made the announcement on friday. >> the norwegian nobel committee has decided to award the nobel peace prize for 2010 to liu xiaobo for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in china. >> the 54-year-old liu became a human rights activist while attending university. in 1989, he joined the pro-democracy demonstrations at tiananmen square which ended in a bloody military crackdown. authorities arrested liu as one of the protest's leaders and he was sentenced to 18 months in prison. the incident did not deter him from releasing papers seeking political reform. the chinese government responded by detaining him or keeping him under surveillance. in 2008, liu, along with hundreds of intellectuals, released via the internet a political manifesto called "charter '08." it drew global attention for openly criticizing china's one-party communist rule. in december 2009, authorities again arrested liu on suspicion of inciting the subversion of state power. despite protests from foreign diplomats, a court sentenced him to 11 years in prison where he i

sentenced in january to an eleven year jail term for inciting the subversion of state power the norwegian nobel committee says it shall bow became a symbol of the fight for human rights in china. while a russian rocket with a u.s. astronaut and two russian cosmonauts on board has blasted off successfully for the international space station it's the first flight for the modernized soyuz spacecraft and is jus to reach its destination in just a couple of days artie's time barton was at the baikonur cosmodrome for the launch . baikonur has been the site of rocket launches for about fifty five years this year its anniversary it's also been the site of soyuz launches for decades with garren three from here and now this soyuz rocket is an advance upon a long line of previous ones one thing that hasn't changed over all the decades is the people of flying the humans crews that go inside it the three men in this crew had been training for two years long an extensive training period the captain alexander kaleri experienced cosmonaut this is his fifth trip up into space script. and of flight engineer on board this i

much. [ speaking foreign language ] >> if you're just joining us, that's chairman of the norwegian nobel committeeing for the first time in a century, more than a century, the nobel committee awarded a nobel prize for peace to a chinese citizen, to a dissident, a man considered subversive and dangerous by authorities in beijing. liu xiabo, a 55-year-old writer and professor is laureate of the 2010 nobel prize for peace. carl back in 1935 was in custody and could not attend his nobel ceremony. ing on song suu kyi could not attend hers because she was under house arrest. liu xiaobo is in prison, it's not clear if he'll be able to accept the prize december 10th. chinese authorities have been clear they oppose this kind of gesture by the nobel committee. stan joins us on the phone. china said in advance it would not be happy about this. >> reporter: indeed, jonathan. china has beeni trying to campaign to not have the nobel peace prize awarded to xiabo. he's serving 11 years in prison. this is a man who's been a long term advocate for human rights and democracy in china. he's been in jail before, serve

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because the threats that government officials made publicly and privately to the norwegian government and the nobel committee possibly contributed to liu xiaobo getting the prize. we do have the chinese governmento thank for this because they both laughed him up to make it -- locked him up to make an example of him and threatened an international body decided to award it toim. i should say within china, we are talking this morning about the fact chinese people cannot read on the internet, that people cannot see anywhere in the state-run media. so we are lucky in a way because the chinese people have no ability to access this news. it is nowhere on the internet or in the news. >> just the day before the announcement, "new york times" hadn't announcement said there were getting leaked information he was likely to get the award. but they gaverominent play to itics of liu xiaobo who say that he has not been radical enough in his critique of the chinese government. >> he is a pragmatic and modest guy. he is not a radical. this is not someone who is the unfurling banners from the great wall of china. this is someo

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nobel peace prize. the chinese government has responded angrily to the award, calling mr. liu a criminal. the prize is awarded by the norwegian committeeliu xiaobo was imprisoned for 11 years. from beeng, here is our report. >> no one has seen liu xiaobo for the past two years. he has been locked up in a chinese prison. the government here says he is a subversive criminal, a threat to the state. but to his supporters, he's a brave advocate for democracy and human rights. today he has been honored with the greatest recognition of his work, the nobel peace prize. >> for over two decades, liu xiaobo has been a strong spokesman for the application of fundamental human rights in china. >> born in 1955, liu xiaobo was an academic who became an activist during the 1989 protests in tiananmen square. he was jailed for nearly two years on charges of counterrevolution. after his release, he continued to call for greater human rights. two years ago he helped draft charter 08, a manifesto that demands peaceful political change in china. he was arrested and jailed again, this time for 11 years. >> he was spoken to before he was detained, and he expl