Bill Clinton, Bradley Manning among Nobel Peace Prize candidates
by: Pierre-Henry Deshayes in Oslo
From: AFP
February 28, 20122:00AM
A TOTAL of 231 nominees are up for the Nobel Peace Prize this year, with Bill Clinton, Helmut Kohl, the European Union and US soldier and WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning known to be on the list.
"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, said today.
With 188 individuals and 43 organisations, the number of candidates comes close to last year's record of 241, when the prestigious 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.
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