WITH AFP STORY BY MARC PREEL A picture taken on October 4, 2000 of the statue of Alfred Nobel at the Karolinska Institute on October 4, 2009 in Stockholm, where a week of Nobel announcements will begin on October 5. Some are woken by a phone call in the wee hours or the pilot of a plane they are in emerges to tell them, but for most Nobel laureates news of the triumph comes comes as a big surprise. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

WITH AFP STORY BY MARC PREEL A picture taken on October 4, 2000 of the statue of Alfred Nobel at the Karolinska Institute on October 4, 2009 in Stockholm, where a week of Nobel announcements will begin on October 5. Some are woken by a phone call in the wee hours or the pilot of a plane they are in emerges to tell them, but for most Nobel laureates news of the triumph comes comes as a big surprise.

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  1. WITH AFP STORY BY MARC PREEL A picture taken on October 4, 2009 of the statue of Alfred Nobel at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, where a week of Nobel announcements will begin on October 5. Some are woken by a phone call in the wee hours or the pilot of a plane they are in emerges to tell them, but for most Nobel laureates news of the triumph comes comes as a big surprise.
  2. WITH AFP STORY BY MARC PREEL A picture taken on October 4, 2009 of the statue of Alfred Nobel at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, where a week of Nobel announcements will begin on October 5. Some are woken by a phone call in the wee hours or the pilot of a plane they are in emerges to tell them, but for most Nobel laureates news of the triumph comes comes as a big surprise.
  3. WITH AFP STORY BY MARC PREEL A picture taken on October 4, 2009 of the statue of Alfred Nobel at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, where a week of Nobel announcements will begin on October 5. Some are woken by a phone call in the wee hours or the pilot of a plane they are in emerges to tell them, but for most Nobel laureates news of the triumph comes comes as a big surprise.
  4. WITH AFP STORY BY MARC PREEL A picture taken on October 4, 2009 of the statue of Alfred Nobel at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, where a week of Nobel announcements will begin on October 5. Some are woken by a phone call in the wee hours or the pilot of a plane they are in emerges to tell them, but for most Nobel laureates news of the triumph comes comes as a big surprise.
  5. WITH AFP STORY BY MARC PREEL A picture taken on October 4, 2000 of the statue of Alfred Nobel at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, where a week of Nobel announcements will begin on October 5. Some are woken by a phone call in the wee hours or the pilot of a plane they are in emerges to tell them, but for most Nobel laureates news of the triumph comes comes as a big surprise.
  6. WITH AFP STORY BY MARC PREEL A picture taken on October 4, 2009 of the statue of Alfred Nobel at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, where a week of Nobel announcements will begin on October 5. Some are woken by a phone call in the wee hours or the pilot of a plane they are in emerges to tell them, but for most Nobel laureates news of the triumph comes comes as a big surprise.
  7. WITH AFP STORY BY MARC PREEL A picture taken on October 4, 2009 of the statue of Alfred Nobel at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, where a week of Nobel announcements will begin on October 5. Some are woken by a phone call in the wee hours or the pilot of a plane they are in emerges to tell them, but for most Nobel laureates news of the triumph comes comes as a big surprise.
  8. WITH AFP STORY BY MARC PREEL A picture taken on October 4, 2009 of the statue of Alfred Nobel at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, where a week of Nobel announcements will begin on October 5. Some are woken by a phone call in the wee hours or the pilot of a plane they are in emerges to tell them, but for most Nobel laureates news of the triumph comes comes as a big surprise.
  9. CORRECTING TYPO IN FIRST SENTENCE WITH AFP STORY BY MARC PREEL A picture taken on October 4, 2009 of the statue of Alfred Nobel at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, where a week of Nobel announcements will begin on October 5. Some are woken by a phone call in the wee hours or the pilot of a plane they are in emerges to tell them, but for most Nobel laureates news of the triumph comes comes as a big surprise.
  10. WITH AFP STORY BY MARC PREEL A picture taken on October 4, 2009 of the statue of Alfred Nobel at the Karolinska Institute on October 4, 2009 in Stockholm, where a week of Nobel announcements will begin on October 5. Some are woken by a phone call in the wee hours or the pilot of a plane they are in emerges to tell them, but for most Nobel laureates news of the triumph comes comes as a big surprise.
  11. WITH AFP STORY BY MARC PREEL A picture taken on October 4, 2000 of the statue of Alfred Nobel at the Karolinska Institute on October 4, 2009 in Stockholm, where a week of Nobel announcements will begin on October 5. Some are woken by a phone call in the wee hours or the pilot of a plane they are in emerges to tell them, but for most Nobel laureates news of the triumph comes comes as a big surprise.
  12. WITH AFP STORY BY MARC PREEL A picture taken on October 4, 2000 of the statue of Alfred Nobel at the Karolinska Institute on October 4, 2009 in Stockholm, where a week of Nobel announcements will begin on October 5. Some are woken by a phone call in the wee hours or the pilot of a plane they are in emerges to tell them, but for most Nobel laureates news of the triumph comes comes as a big surprise.
  13. WITH AFP STORY BY MARC PREEL A picture taken on October 4, 2000 of the statue of Alfred Nobel at the Karolinska Institute on October 4, 2009 in Stockholm, where a week of Nobel announcements will begin on October 5. Some are woken by a phone call in the wee hours or the pilot of a plane they are in emerges to tell them, but for most Nobel laureates news of the triumph comes comes as a big surprise.
  14. WITH AFP STORY BY MARC PREEL A picture taken on October 4, 2000 of the statue of Alfred Nobel at the Karolinska Institute on October 4, 2009 in Stockholm, where a week of Nobel announcements will begin on October 5. Some are woken by a phone call in the wee hours or the pilot of a plane they are in emerges to tell them, but for most Nobel laureates news of the triumph comes comes as a big surprise.
  15. WITH AFP STORY BY MARC PREEL A picture taken on October 4, 2000 of the statue of Alfred Nobel at the Karolinska Institute on October 4, 2009 in Stockholm, where a week of Nobel announcements will begin on October 5. Some are woken by a phone call in the wee hours or the pilot of a plane they are in emerges to tell them, but for most Nobel laureates news of the triumph comes comes as a big surprise.
  16. WITH AFP STORY BY MARC PREEL A picture taken on October 4, 2000 of the statue of Alfred Nobel at the Karolinska Institute on October 4, 2009 in Stockholm, where a week of Nobel announcements will begin on October 5. Some are woken by a phone call in the wee hours or the pilot of a plane they are in emerges to tell them, but for most Nobel laureates news of the triumph comes comes as a big surprise.

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