Internet in race for Nobel Peace Prize
Now fact is even more disclosed and publicized that Internet is among 237 individuals and organizations that have been nominated for Noble Peace Prize. And this 237 figure is more than pervious year’s 205 nominations. The nomination for the Internet is campaigned by Italian version of Wired magazine for helping advance “dialogue, debate and consensus”
The nomination for the internet is supported by 2003 Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi and the founder of the $100 laptop project Nicholas Negroponte. As far as Noble nominations are concerned they can be put forward by former laureates, members of national governments and select university professors, among others. Others prominent nominations for Noble peace prize are Russian human rights activist Svetlana Gannushkina and Chinese activist Liu Xiaobo.
The final list for Noble prize nominations was declared by the Norwegian Nobel Committee on 9 March. The prize will be awarded on 8th of October. Previous year’s 10m Swedish kronor ($1.4m) prize was given to US President Barack Obama.


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