RadX Moderator March 5, 2013 Share March 5, 2013 Considering the amount of united nations I have done here, I should be no 260 [laugh] Record 259 nominees for 2013 Nobel Peace Prize Posted: 04 March 2013 1849 hrs The Nobel Prize ceremony 2011 in Stockholm. (AFP/Anders Wiklunch) OSLO: A record 259 nominees are in the running for this year's Nobel Peace Prize -- 209 individuals and 50 organisations -- with the laureate to be announced in October, the Nobel Institute said on Monday. The list is known to include Malala Yousafzai, the shot Pakistani schoolgirl-turned-icon of Taliban resistance, ex-Eastern bloc activists, and former US president Bill Clinton. "The trend is upward, not every year but almost," the head of the Nobel Institute, Geir Lundestad, said. "This reflects a growing interest for the prize. The nominations come from the entire world," he said. The previous record dates back to 2011 when 241 candidates were nominated. The list of nominees is kept secret for 50 years. But thousands of people are eligible to nominate candidates -- including former laureates, members of parliament and government around the world, some university professors, and members of certain international organisations -- and they can reveal the names they have put forward. As a result, it is known that Malala and Clinton are nominated, as well as Russian human rights organisation Memorial and Myanmar's reformist President Thein Sein. The deadline to submit nominations closed on February 1. The five-member Norwegian Nobel Committee will announce its choice in early October, and the prize will be awarded, as tradition dictates, on December 10, the anniversary of the death in 1896 of the Nobel Prizes' founder, philanthropist Alfred Nobel. Last year, the prestigious honour went to the European Union, a highly controversial choice as the bloc struggles through its worst crisis since its creation. "There's no doubt that the choice of laureates in recent years has contributed to the increasing attention" on the award, Lundestad acknowledged. In 2009, the prize also made waves when US President Barack Obama received the nod just months after he took office and as the US was fighting two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. -AFP/ac ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1fast1 Supersonic March 5, 2013 Share March 5, 2013 United Nations?? What you've done is best described as United Fornications, lah pundek. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roh96 6th Gear March 5, 2013 Share March 5, 2013 Ok, i nominate u. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porker Turbocharged March 5, 2013 Share March 5, 2013 Yeah they award you then immediately take back and have you arrested for sectarian violence :D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadX Moderator March 5, 2013 Author Share March 5, 2013 United Nations?? What you've done is best described as United Fornications, lah pundek. fornication under the control of the Kotek Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadX Moderator March 5, 2013 Author Share March 5, 2013 Yeah they award you then immediately take back and have you arrested for sectarian violence :D LOL....what sect? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocus Turbocharged March 5, 2013 Share March 5, 2013 Shameless self-promotion....lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Bear Turbocharged March 5, 2013 Share March 5, 2013 LOL....what sect? Blue Sect. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadX Moderator March 5, 2013 Author Share March 5, 2013 Shameless self-promotion....lol ello, u know how many al qaeda i removed here anot....knn [laugh] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relagsingh 4th Gear March 5, 2013 Share March 5, 2013 Blue Sect. Small Blue Sect Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porker Turbocharged March 5, 2013 Share March 5, 2013 Blue Sect. :D For him yeah very small one like what Bayee said Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadX Moderator March 5, 2013 Author Share March 5, 2013 :D For him yeah very small one like what Bayee said u all ah....... [:p] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sp4wn Turbocharged March 5, 2013 Share March 5, 2013 Shameless self-promotion....lol +1 .. hahaha Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porker Turbocharged March 5, 2013 Share March 5, 2013 How much is your auto insurance Sp4wn? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relagsingh 4th Gear March 5, 2013 Share March 5, 2013 u all ah....... [:p] start small 1st mah... but if get smaller then something's wrong... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Bear Turbocharged March 5, 2013 Share March 5, 2013 Small Blue Sect Blue sect people. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HP_Lee 5th Gear March 5, 2013 Share March 5, 2013 Blue Sect. Blue sect?? What's that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pklim82 Neutral Newbie March 5, 2013 Share March 5, 2013 Blue sect?? What's that? blue = lan sect = jiao my hanyu pingyin not bad hor ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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