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Article: Nobel Peace Prize: Does winning make a difference?
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- October 3, 2004
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DOUG MELLGREN, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
10-03-2004
Dateline: OSLO, Norway
Each October, when the Nobel Peace Prize winner is announced, it can bring sudden fame to a campaigner for a hitherto obscure cause or greater dignity and respect to men or women already famous for their work.
The process will be repeated Friday when year's winner is picked from a record 194 nominees. Among the favorites are the International Atomic Energy Agency and its director, Mohamed ElBaradei; former UN chief weapons inspector Hans Blix; and U.S. Senator Richard Lugar and former Senator Sam Nunn, who backed a program to curb weapons of mass destruction.
The prize is often used to encourage efforts ...