NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNERS TO BE ANNOUNCED

16.02.2007 [15:56]
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About 167 candidates were nominated for 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, AZERTAC referring to foreign mass media reports.

Former US vice president Al Gore is seen as a possible winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to save the planet from global warming, the head of the Oslo Peace Research Institute has said.

Ahtisaari oversaw talks in Helsinki that led to a peace agreement in 2005 between the Indonesian government and rebels in the province of Aceh. He is now the United Nations` special envoy for talks on the final status of Kosovo.

``The peace process in Indonesia is so important. He has a good chance but everything depends on how the situation in Kosovo develops,`` Toennesson said.

Ahtisaari has been nominated several times in recent years. He has a long history of peacemaking, including mediation efforts in Namibia, the former Yugoslavia and the Northern Ireland.

Other possible Nobel winners cited by Toennesson include Chechen human rights activist Lidiya Yusupova; Rebiya Kadeer, a leader of China`s Uighur Muslim minority, who lives in exile in the United States; and Thich Quang Do, a Vietnamese Buddhist monk fighting for democracy and freedom of expression while living under house arrest.

NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNERS TO BE ANNOUNCED

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