OSLO, NORWAY - DECEMBER 10: A plaque depicting Alfred Nobel adorns the wall at the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony 2008 in Oslo City Hall on December 10, 2008 in Oslo, Norway. The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2008 to Martti Ahtisaari for his important efforts, on several continents and more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts. The Nobel Peace Prize is one of five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. His will stated that the prize should be awarded by a committee of five people elected by the Norwegian Parliament. The Peace Prize is presented annually in Oslo, Norway, in the presence of the king, on December 10, the anniversary of Nobel's death. Getty Images logo Getty Images 11 months ago

OSLO, NORWAY - DECEMBER 10: A plaque depicting Alfred Nobel adorns the wall at the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony 2008 in Oslo City Hall on December 10, 2008 in Oslo, Norway. The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2008 to Martti Ahtisaari for his important efforts, on several continents and more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts. The Nobel Peace Prize is one of five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. His will stated that the prize should be awarded by a committee of five people elected by the Norwegian Parliament. The Peace Prize is presented annually in Oslo, Norway, in the presence of the king, on December 10, the anniversary of Nobel's death.

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  9. Nobel Peace Prize winner and former Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari , who is chairman of the independent Commission to examine the challenges and opportunities presented by Turkey's possible membership in the European Union, addresses the media during a press point on September 10, 2009 in Vienna.
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  11. Nobel Peace Prize winner and former Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari , who is chairman of the independent Commission to examine the challenges and opportunities presented by Turkey's possible membership in the European Union, addresses the media during a press point on September 10, 2009 in Vienna.
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