OSLO, Norway (AP) -- The European Union received the Nobel Peace
Prize on Monday for promoting peace and human rights in Europe
following the devastation of World War II, and the bloc was
urged to use that unity in its battle with the region's economic
crisis. About 20 European government leaders, including German
Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande and
British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, attended the ceremony
in the Norwegian capital. But not everyone approved the decision
to give the prize to the EU, which was created 60 years ago.
Three Peace Prize laureates -- South African Archbishop Desmond
Tutu, Mairead Maguire of Northern Ireland and Adolfo Perez
Esquivel from Argentina -- have demanded that prize money of
$1.2 million not be paid this year. They said the bloc
contradicts the values associated with the prize because it
relies on military force to ensure security. Amnesty
International said Monday that EU leaders should not "bask in
the glow of the prize," warning that xe