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Ahtisaari wins Nobel Peace Prize

This year's Nobel Peace Prize has been won by peace negotiator Martti Ahtisaari, the Nobel Foundation has announced in Norway's capital, Oslo. ...

Ex-Finnish leader wins Nobel Peace Prize

Former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari has won the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel committee cited Ahtisaari's "significant" part in establishing Namibia's independence and his "central" role in solving the question of the Indonesian province of Aceh in 2005.

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Nobel Peace Prize to Finnish Mediator [Uncertain Principles]

The 2008 Nobel Peace Prize goes to Martti Ahtisaari of Finland, "for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts."

Fortunately for uneducated boors like me, they provide a press release listing some of those efforts:

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