On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 07:19:26AM -0800, Kevin Robert Dean wrote:
> Nobel Peace Prize for Bush, Blair?
>
> Associated Press
>
> Monday, February 04 – Online Edition, Posted at 6:32
> PM EST
>
>
>
> Oslo — U.S. President George W. Bush and British Prime
> Minister Tony Blair have been nominated for the 2002
> Nobel Peace Prize for fighting terrorism and securing
> world peace, a Norwegian lawmaker announced Monday.
>
> Harald Tom Nesvik, a member of Parliament from the
> right-wing Party of Progress, said he has nominated
> the two leaders who have been at the forefront of the
> war in Afghanistan.
>
> "The background for my nomination is their decisive
> action against terrorism, something I believe in the
> future will be the greatest threat to peace," Mr.
> Nesvik said. "Unfortunately, sometimes . . . you have
> to use force to secure peace."
>
> Mr. Nesvik has nomination rights as a member of a
> national legislature.
>
> The Oslo-based awards committee accepts nominations
> postmarked by Feb. 1, so proposals continue to arrive
> and a final number is not expected until late in the
> month.
>
> Last year, 136 individuals and groups were nominated.
> The $943,000 (U.S.) prize was shared by the United
> Nations and its Secretary-General, Kofi Annan.
>
> The committee keeps the names of nominees secret for
> 50 years. However, those making nominations often
> reveal their choice.
>
>
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