Originally Posted By alexbook Who do you think will win this year's Nobel Peace Prize? Who do you think should win? According to the bookies, the favorites to win this year's Nobel Peace Prize are President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia and former President Martti Ahtisaari of Finland. The list of nominees is officially a secret, but it's known to include 168 individuals and 23 organizations. Some of the nominees are thought to include: - Bono - Bob Geldof - Colin Powell - John Bolton - Kenneth R. Timmerman - Jeff Halper - Ghassan Andoni - Rudolph Giuliani - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar - Mordechai Vanunu - SOS Children's Villages - George Ryan - Kailash Satyarthi - Oprah Winfrey - Thich Quang Do - Rebiya Kadeer - Lida Yusupova - Hugo Chavez - Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani - Save the Children - Oxfam - Salvation Army - Sonia Gandhi - Bill Handel - 1000 Peacewomen Across the Globe - Ales Bialatski - Vaclav Havel - George W. Bush - Tony Blair The winner will be announced next Friday.
Originally Posted By DlandJB What a curious list. Alex, what do you know about the first two fellows you mention?
Originally Posted By alexbook ^--Ahtisaari is the U.N. mediator for Kosovo. Yudhoyono negotiated peace with his country's rebels. ----- After I posted this, I realized that the prize should really go to the Sherman Brothers, for writing the song "It's a Small World." ----- Would you believe there's an Australian web site that's taking actual bets? centrebet.com is giving 2-1 odds on Ahtisaari. John Howard is the longest shot they list, at 1001-1.
