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Literature Nobel Prize goes to Chinese author Mo Yan

The Swedish Academy in Stockholm has awarded the Nobel Literature Prize to the Chinese author Mo Yan. The winner receives a prize of 8 million kronor ($1.2 million).Read Full Article at RT.com … Read...

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Nobel’s will ‘blatantly disrespected’ in Norway

On the eve of the announcement of the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize, The Local catches up with Norwegian lawyer and Nobel historian Fredrik S. Heffermehl, who claims the Norwegian Nobel Committee isn't...

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Who is Mo Yan?

Before today, most Americans had never heard of Guan Moye, a 57-year-old Chinese national who writes under the pseudonym Mo Yan (which means "do not speak"). But according to Time magazine, he is "one...

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Researcher: More chocolate consumption linked with more Nobel prizes

The more chocolate people in a country eat, the more Nobel prize winners the country produces per capita, according to a note published Thursday in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine....

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Nobel literature prize awarded to Chinese writer

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China Nobel winner Mo likely to steer clear of politics: translator

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's newest Nobel laureate, novelist Mo Yan, could use his new-found stature to make a subtle difference in the arena of freedom of speech in China, but he is more likely to...

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Nobel Peace Prize expected to stir debate

OSLO (Reuters) - The Nobel Peace Prize Committee announces its 2012 winner on Friday with prize watchers favoring dissidents from Russia and Belarus or religious leaders working on Muslim-Christian...

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[Ticker] Nobel peace prize might go to EU

Norwegian broadcasters NRK and TV2 have tipped the EU as a potential 2012 Nobel peace prize winner, to be announced on Friday morning. Belarusian dissident Bialiatski, Russian activists Alekseyeva,...

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Nobel bailout? European Union wins 2012 Peace Prize

The European Union has been announced the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize 2012. Amidst Europe’s as-yet-unsolved crippling economic backdrop, a heated debate emerged over the validity of the prize.Read...

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European Union wins Nobel Peace Prize for uniting continent

OSLO (Reuters) - The European Union won the Nobel Peace Prize for its long-term role in uniting the continent, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said on Friday, an award seen as morale boost for the bloc...

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[Ticker] EU wins 2012 Nobel peace prize

The Nobel prize committee has awarded its 2012 peace prize to the EU for its role in rebuilding and reuniting Europe after World War II and the Cold War. The €900,000 prize will be awarded to EU...

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Would you choose them for Nobel Peace Prize?

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Nigel Farage on European Union’s Nobel Peace Prize (12Oct12)

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China’s Nobel in literature winner defends prize from dissidents calling him...

Chinese author Mo Yan on Friday defended his Nobel prize from dissidents who accused him of being a communist stooge, and expressed hope for the early release of jailed fellow laureate Liu Xiaobo....

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EU’s Nobel Peace prize “unexpected and strange” – senior Russian MP

Giving the Nobel Peace Prize to an economic and political block with just a secondary role in peacekeeping is a strange step, says the MP in charge of CIS relations.Read Full Article at RT.com … Read...

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Jim Rogers: Nobel Farce Prize won’t save EU from pain, cuts & riots

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Examining the Nobel Prize Nominees

We are near the end of the Nobel Prize announcements for this year. But while many of us read all about the winners, many of us don't delve too deeply into those who are nominated. And this is...

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First the EU, next Frankenstein? Nobel Committee’s decision ‘farcical’

The Nobel Committee had a more legitimate choice for its Peace Prize in “Bill Clinton’s left testicle” than the EU, RT’s Max Kaiser said. Kaiser slammed the award as honoring a technocracy that...

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Analysis: Nobel prize may restore EU’s lost sense of purpose

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Winning the Nobel peace prize is a huge morale boost for an organization that has only recently had a near-death experience and is still not entirely sure it is out of danger. …...

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Hilarious Nobel Peace Prize predictions

In recent years, commentators have scoffed at Nobel Peace Prize selections, including Barack Obama in 2009 and the European Union this year. CUNY historian and activist organizer Angus Johnston took to...

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