The Noble committee in Sweden says it won’t change its decision to include the Canadian Ralph Steinman among the winners of this year’s Noble prize for medicine. Despite the fact that they now know he died 3 days ago. Mr. Steinman suffered from

pancreatic

cancer and had used the

immunology

knowledge research for which he won the award to prolong his life. The committee secretary Goran Hansson says they were aware that Professor Steinman was ill, but hope to make award before his death.

“We knew that he had a cancer, but we don’t exclude anyone because of illness when we look a candidate for Nobel Prize. The last information about him was he says OK with struggling with his illness and we had hope this message would please him, but sadly, it didn’t reach him in time.”

Forces of the national transitional council in Libya have begun what a frontline commander says they finally assault towards the city of Sirte, one of Colonel Gaddafi’s last strongholds. After 2 days’ cease fire during which thousands of civilians fled the city,

mortar

and rockets were fired towards the city center.

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Residents of the small Colombia town of Fortul near the venezuela border has taken to the street, they demand the release of Nohora Munoz, a ten-year-old girl who was kidnapped on Thursday. The girl, whose father is the town’s mayor was