Geee Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Uk Telegraph: "As always, there are the usual 'nominees' and some newcomers, some famous and some unknowns, hailing from the four corners of the world," the head of the Nobel Institute, Geir Lundestad, told AFP. With 188 individuals and 43 organisations, the number of candidates comes close to last year's record of 241, when the award went to Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian activist Leymah Gbowee, and Yemeni "Arab Spring" activist Tawakkol Karman. Thousands of people are eligible to submit nominations, including members of parliaments and governments worldwide, university professors, past laureates and members of several international institutes, who had until February 1 to propose candidates. The Nobel Institute keeps the names of nominees secret for 50 years, but those who are entitled to nominate are allowed to reveal the name of the person or organisation they have proposed. Among the people known to have been nominated for this year's prize are former US president Bill Clinton, ex-German chancellor Helmut Kohl who led his country's reunification process, and Ukraine's ex-premier and now jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko. RELATED ARTICLES Nobel Peace Prize winners campaign to release Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo 09 Dec 2011 Three women awarded Nobel Peace Prize 07 Oct 2011 Liberia's Nobel Peace Prize winners look to the future 10 Dec 2011 Also on the list is jailed US soldier Manning, who has been charged with 22 counts in a US military court for turning over a massive cache of classified US documents to anti-secrecy site WikiLeaks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepper Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Geee! That neighborhood already went to hell - when Obama moved in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyM Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Geee! That neighborhood already went to hell - when Obama moved in. Pepper!! Obama's entry and Clinton's nomination just reinforce what a ludicrious neighborhood it is. It went to hell long before then... Jimmy Carter and Al Gore come to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pollyannaish Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 I wish this prize went to regular people who make a real difference and could actually use the prize money to continue their work...not for ridiculous celebrities who use it to pad their already thick resumes and overflowing bank accounts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearvision Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Manning? They are crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepper Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Pepper!! Obama's entry and Clinton's nomination just reinforce what a ludicrious neighborhood it is. It went to hell long before then... Jimmy Carter and Al Gore come to mind. I stand corrected,@RandyM. You are so right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cudjo Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 what kind of nut-job honors Manning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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