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Article: Nobel Peace Prize Shrouded in Mystery
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DOUG MELLGREN, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
10-08-2004
Dateline: OSLO, Norway
An award that generates as much interest as the Nobel Peace Prize is bound to be surrounded by mystery, myth and misconception. The 2004 prize has created its own share of speculation and wishful thinking and speculation.
Geir Lundestad, secretary of the secretive committee that awards the prize, once addressed some of the most common misunderstandings for The Associated Press:
_ Myth 1: The awards committee announces a list of possible winners.
The committee, with a strong tradition of not leaking, does not release the names of any candidates, and keeps records sealed for 50 years. Any "Nobel short list" most ...