Oslo (AFP) – There was no clear frontrunner ahead of Friday’s Nobel Peace Prize announcement, with a Russian opposition newspaper, Tunisia’s democratic leadership, Pakistan schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai and Pope Francis among a record number of candidates.As in previous years, the chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Thorbjoern Jagland, will reveal the laureate’s name at 11:00 am (0900 GMT) at the Nobel Institute in Oslo.The Nobel committee considered a record 278 candidates, but only those made public by their sponsors have been named.The Nobel committee’s deliberations continued almost until the last minute and a decision wasn’t reached until last week, public …read more
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