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Nobel Peace Prize To Be Announced Earlier Due To Political Shift
Oslo (AFP) Sep 19, 2005 The winner of the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize will be announced in Oslo on October 7 and not October 14 as initially planned, as Norway's government is to resign that day after this week's election loss, the Nobel Institute said on Thursday. "We changed the date because on that day (October 14) a lot of things will be happening in Norway, with the presentation of the budget bill and a change in the political leadership," Nobel Institute director Geir Lundestad said. Beaten by a leftwing opposition coalition in Monday's general election, Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik has announced that he plans to tender his government's resignation after presenting the 2006 budget bill on October 14. Labour Party leader Jens Stoltenberg is expected to present his government coalition, with the Socialist Left and Centre parties, in the days after that. A record 199 people and organisations are in the running for this year's Nobel Peace Prize. Lundestad said the five-member Nobel Committee had yet to make its choice. "We still have a few meetings scheduled and we don't usually make our decision in advance," he said. The list of candidates is by tradition a well-kept secret, but those who are eligible to nominate for the prize are allowed to disclose the names they have put forth. As a result, it is known that Irish U2 rock star Bono, who has made headlines this year with his global push to tackle African poverty, and nuclear watchdog the International Atomic Energy Agency, are in the running. Last year's prize went to Kenyan ecologist Wangari Maathai, the first African woman and the first environmentalist to win the award. The Nobel season will kick off with the announcement in Stockholm of the prize for medicine or physiology on October 3, to be followed by physics on October 4, chemistry on October 5 and economics on October 10. In keeping with tradition, the Swedish Academy will set the date for its announcement of the Literature Prize later. It is traditionally awarded on a Thursday, and could likely be announced on October 6. Each Nobel prize this year will carry a sum of 10 million Swedish kronor (1.31 million dollars, 1.07 million euros), to be shared if it is awarded to more than one laureate. Related Links SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express
Indonesia's Aceh Rebels Gather Up Weapons, Police Pack Bags
Banda Aceh, Indonesia (AFP) Sep 15, 2005Aceh separatists gathered up their weapons and Indonesian police packed their bags Wednesday on the eve of a rebel disarmament process and government troop withdrawal designed to end 29 years of war in the province. |
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