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To which world region will this year's Nobel Prize in Medicine go?
Three scientists, one German and two French, have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/10/06/europe/EU-Sweden-Nobel-Medicine-Citation.php
Background:
In 1901, Emil von Behring was awarded the first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on serum therapy, particularly for its use in the treatment of diphtheria. The Nobel Prize in Medicine has subsequently highlighted a number of important discoveries including penicillin, genetic engineering and blood-typing.
Nominations for 2008
197 names were submitted for the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize, 33 of which are organizations. The Nobel Committees in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature and the Prize Committee for Economics each usually receives 250-300 names every year. The names of the nominees cannot be revealed until 50 years later.
Announcements of the 2008 Nobel Prizes
Physiology or Medicine - Monday, October 6, 11:30 a.m. CET at the earliest
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/
http://www.nobelprize.org/prize_announcements/
http://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/nomination_facts.html
Regions, according to hubdub good question guidelines (http://www.hubdub.com/public/goodquestion), as defined here: http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/maplib/worldregions.htm
and visualized here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:United_Nations_geographical_subregions.png
Official Clarification: In the case where the prize is awarded to more than one person, this question will be settled.
In the case of a discrepancy between the country of origin and country of wor of the winner I would suggest that the question should be settled for the region in which the work was carried out.
Settlement details:
As reported by a major mainstream news source.
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Suspend date: Mon 6th Oct 3:30am PDT Settlement date: Mon 6th Oct 2:32pm PDTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Mon 6th Oct 2am PDT have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
Initial likelihoods: Africa: 10%, Eastern Asia: 10%, South-Central or South Eastern Asia: 10%, Western Asia: 10%, Eastern Europe: 10%, Nothern or Western Europe: 10%, Southern Europe: 10%, Latin America: 10%, Nothern America: 10%, Oceania: 10%
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: this has just been announced infernalmachine: The prize went to two teams from Northern or Western Europe. The prize was announced at 9:30 am GMT (11:30am Copenhagen), but the question had not suspended yet.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7654214.stm
exilpat: award went to 2 french and 1 german = to scientists from western europe. see http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/health/07nobel.html?bl&ex=1223438400&en=f895f0fd514c47fb&ei=5087%0A 
tisha: Three scientists, one German and two French, have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/10/06/europe/EU-Sweden-Nobel-Medicine-Citation.php
Suspend date: Mon 6th Oct 3:30am PDT Settlement date: Mon 6th Oct 2:32pm PDTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Mon 6th Oct 2am PDT have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
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but, though it might happen that the prize is awarded to more than one person, it is not very likely that these persons are from different regions.
in case it would, maybe the question would simply be voided or dubble settled - to be decided by the category editor.
In the case of a discrepancy between the country of origin and country of wor of the winner I would suggest that the question should be settled for the region in which the work was carried out.
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