Norwegian broadcaster: Tsvangirai, Cordoba potential Nobel Peace Prize winnersOSLO — Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, Colombian senator Piedad Cordoba and Chinese dissident Hu Jia are among the favorites to win the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, Norwegian national broadcaster NRK reported Friday. Speculation ahead of Peace Prize, with activists from China, Colombia taking center stageOSLO — Activists from Colombia, Jordan and Afghanistan working to resolve armed conflicts and a Chinese dissident are at the center of speculation as contenders for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. Romanian-born German writer Herta Mueller wins 2009 Nobel literature prizeSTOCKHOLM — Herta Mueller, a little-known Romanian-born author who was persecuted for her critical depictions of life behind the Iron Curtain, won the 2009 Nobel Prize in literature Thursday in an award seen as a nod to the 20th anniversary of communism’s collapse. Excerpts from the citation for the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistryExcerpts from the citation awarding the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry to Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz and Ada E. Yonath “for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome.” Israeli woman, Americans potential Nobel chemistry winnersSTOCKHOLM — If Nobel judges are looking to improve the balance of women winning the chemistry prize, Israeli scientist Ada Yonath could be a strong candidate when the award is announced Wednesday. Chinese dissidents top Nobel Peace Prize speculation in 20th anniversary year of TiananmenOSLO — Chinese dissidents are leading the odds of winning the Nobel Peace Prize this year, the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre and the 60th since the establishment of the People’s Republic of China. European Commission wants total overhaul of research policy to close gap with US, othersBRUSSELS — European authorities and industry must increase funding for scientific research and improve cooperation to try to close the technology gap with the United States, the European Commission said Tuesday. Excerpts: Citation for 2009 Nobel Prize in physicsExcerpts from the citation awarding the 2009 Nobel Prize in physics to Charles K. Kao, Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Institute says Kao was honored for breakthroughs in fiber optics while Boyle and Smith were honored for the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit. Recent winners of the Nobel Prize in physics through 2008Recent winners of the Nobel Prize in physics, and their research, according to the Nobel Foundation: Facts about next week’s Nobel Prize announcementsThe winners of the 2009 Nobel Prizes will be announced in the next two weeks, starting with the medicine prize on Monday. Here are some brief explanations of how the award winners are picked and announced. Nobel glory, $1.4 million check await handful of world’s top scientists
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