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• "The stabilizing part played by the European Union has helped to transform a once torn Europe from a continent of war to a continent of peace," Nobel committee chairman Thorbjoern Jagland said.
• The EU rose from the ashes of World War II, born of the conviction that ever-closer economic ties would make sure that century-old enemies never

turned on each other again. It's now made up of 500 million people in 27 nations, with other nations lined up, waiting to join.
• The idea of a united Europe began to take on a more defined shape when, on May 9, 1950, French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman proposed that France and the Federal Republic of Germany pool their coal and steel resources in a new organization that other European countries could join.
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• Winners of the Nobel Peace Prize since 1998
• Winners of the Nobel Peace Prize since 1998:

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• -- 2012: The European Union.
• -- 2011: Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian activist Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen.
• -- 2010: Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo.
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• RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) -- A 14-year-old Pakistani activist who was shot by a Taliban gunman after speaking out for girls' education is in "satisfactory" condition at a military hospital, a spokesman said Friday, cautioning that the next few days will be critical.
• The shooting of Malala Yousufzai on Tuesday as she was coming home from school set off an international outcry.
• Maj. Gen. Asim Saleem Bajwa said she is being kept unconscious and on a ventilator, and doctors will decide when to take her off.
• "Her blood pressure is normal. Heartbeat is normal, and thanks to God, her condition is satisfactory," Bajwa said.
• Bajwa said the bullet entered her head and went into her neck toward her spine, but it was too soon to say whether she had any significant head injury.
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