Nobel Peace Prize to be announced Oct. 12

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Nobel Peace Prize winner to be announced Oct 12
Thu Sep 6, 2007 10:46PM IST

OSLO (Reuters) - The winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize will be announced in Oslo on Oct. 12, the Norwegian Nobel Institute said on Thursday.

The secretive five-member Norwegian Nobel Committee will select the winner of what many consider the world's most prestigious accolade from a near record field of 181 nominees.

The committee does not disclose the names of nominees, but those who make nominations sometimes publish their choices, and this year's candidates include former U.S. Vice President Al Gore for his efforts to raise awareness of climate change.

Other nominees announced by backers include Inuit campaigner Sheila Watt-Cloutier for her work to show how global warming affects indigenous people and Poland's Irene Sendler who saved 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw ghetto in World War Two.

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