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Bradley Manning, U.S. soldier accused of leaking material to WikiLeaks, among those nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, charged in the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history. (AP Photo/Patrick Semans, has been nominated for a Nobel Prize.
OSLO, Norway -- A spokesman for the Nobel Peace Prize jury says 231 nominations have been submitted for this year's award, with publicly disclosed candidates including a former Ukrainian prime minister and the U.S. soldier accused of leaking classified material to WikiLeaks.
The secretive committee doesn't reveal who has been nominated, but those with nomination rights sometimes announce their picks. They include Bradley Manning, the U.S. Army private charged with the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history, Russian human rights activist Svetlana Gannushkina and former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
Norwegian Nobel Committee secretary Geir Lundestad told the AP on Monday that "The list of nominees is a mixture of repeated nominations and some new names."
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/bradley-manning-u-s-soldier-accused-leaking-material-wikileaks-nominated-nobel-peace-prize-article-1.1029156#
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msanthrope
(37,549 posts)katsy
(4,246 posts)Laughing Mirror
(4,185 posts)Maybe he will.
Faryn Balyncd
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bvar22
(39,909 posts)Here is somebody who is willing to put Everything on the Line
to END the Madness & Useless Killing.
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I salute you![/font]
You will know them by their WORKS,
not by their excuses.
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