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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore and agencies

‘Peace matters’: world leaders pay tribute to ‘lifelong humanitarian’ Jimmy Carter

Two people wearing dark clothing lay flowers down in the grass by a sign for the Carter Presidential Center
Mourners leave flowers at the Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta, Georgia, after the death of Jimmy Carter. Photograph: Megan Varner/Getty Images

World leaders have reacted to news that former US President Jimmy Carter, who as president brokered peace between Israel and Egypt and later received the Nobel peace prize for his humanitarian work, has died at age 100.

Politicians in the US remembered a giant. Joe Biden said his memories of Carter boiled down to “decency, decency, decency” – and Carter’s belief that everybody “deserved a shot”.

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