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To which world region will this year's Nobel Peace Prize go?
Finland's ex-president Martti Ahtisaari won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his efforts to build a lasting peace from Africa and Asia to Europe and the Middle East.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gxlV8ahufobsVjfRoiUlk983FJIgD93NMBBG0
Background:
Henry Dunant, founder of the Red Cross, shared the first Nobel Peace Prize in 1901 with Frédéric Passy, a leading international pacifist of the time. In addition to humanitarian efforts and peace movements, the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded for work in a wide range of fields including advocacy of human rights, mediation of international conflicts, and arms control.
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
Peace - Friday, October 10, 11:00 a.m. CET
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/
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
Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source.
| Africa |
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| Eastern Asia |
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| South-Central or South Eastern Asia |
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| Western Asia |
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| Eastern Europe |
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| Northern or Western Europe |
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| Southern Europe |
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| Latin America |
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| Northern America |
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| Oceania |
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- Activity: H$18,903 |
- Predictions: 155 |
Comments: 1
Suspend date: Thu 9th Oct 2008 1am PST
Settlement date: Fri 10th Oct 2008 1:28pm PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Thu 9th Oct 2008 1am PST 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%, Northern or Western Europe: 10%, Southern Europe: 10%, Latin America: 10%, Northern America: 10%, Oceania: 10%
Action history:
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: Finland's ex-president Martti Ahtisaari won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his efforts to build a lasting peace from Africa and Asia to Europe and the Middle East.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gxlV8ahufobsVjfRoiUlk983FJIgD93NMBBG0
Suspend date: Thu 9th Oct 2008 1am PST
Settlement date: Fri 10th Oct 2008 1:28pm PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Thu 9th Oct 2008 1am PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled details 
Get widget!Predictions (155)
violetplanet
predicted Eastern Asia (H$300 at 58%)
bgrigore
predicted South-Central or South Eastern Asia (H$100 at 5%)
halokitty
predicted Southern Europe (H$100 at 3%)
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