The Nobel Institute is in the final stage of choosing this years Nobel peace prize winner,having shortlisted ten nominees out of a list of 259 that included 209 individuals and 50 organizations.
The original list included 12 Indians the second highest from a country after the US.We are in the finish line of choosing the Nobel peace winner, Geir Lundestad,head of the Nobel Institute,told TOI from Oslo.The winner will be announced on October 11th, 2013.
He had earlier said that the biggest mistake in the Nobels 112-year history was not having given the peace prize to Mahatma Gandhi.The list originally included Malala Yousafzai,the Pakistani schoolgirl-turned icon who was shot by the Taliban,Myanmars president Thein Sein and former US president Bill Clinton.
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