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Article: 197 Nominations for Nobel Peace Prize
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- February 27, 2008
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Nearly 200 individuals and organizations have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, the second-highest number ever, a Nobel official said Wednesday.
The secretive Nobel committee does not reveal who is on the list, but those making nominations sometimes announce them.
This year's 197 nominations are believed to include former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and the artificial world language Esperanto.
"We are very pleased that we are receiving nominations from all over the world," prize committee secretary Geir Lundestad told The Associated Press. "The peace prize has become more and more global."
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