October 21, 2009 11:29 AM

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Belgian, Pakistani bag UN prize for promoting Gandhian ideals?

A Belgian human rights activist, Franois Houtart and a Pakistani philanthropist, Abdul Sattar Edhi have bagged UN prize for promoting Gandhian ideals. They were awarded the '2009 UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh' prize for promoting tolerance and non-violence. The two will share prize money of 10,000 dollars and receive the award on the on 16th of next month.<br/><br/>The prestigious prize was constituted way back in 1995 on the 125th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi by an Indian Diplomat Madanjeet Singh.<br/>

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