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发帖数: 5286 | 1 Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo wins 2010 Nobel Peace Prize
Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo won the Nobel Peace Prize for 2010.
He was sentenced to 11 years in prison late in 2009 for inciting subversion
of state power. He's the co-author of Charter 08, a call for political
reform and human rights, and was an adviser to the student protesters at
Tiananmen Square in 1989.
The much-anticipated Nobel Peace Prize announcement was made Friday in Oslo,
Norway.
This year's peace prize nominees include 199 individuals and 38
organizations. The Norwegian Nobel Committee does not release the names of
the nominees.
The prize's official website says 90 of the awards have been awarded since
1901, and 97 individuals and 20 organizations have received the prize. On 19
occasions, no prizes were awarded.
The Nobel recipient typicallly receives a prize of about $1.4 million.
President Obama received the award last year. | r*******w
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