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A man places a rose by the grave of Poland's Nobel Prize winning poet Wislawa Szymborska during her funeral in Krakow February 9, 2012. Szymborska, once described as the "Mozart of poetry", died on February 1 at the age of 88 after suffering from lung... View Photo »
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A woman holds a picture of Poland's Nobel Prize winning poet Wislawa Szymborska during her funeral in Krakow February 9, 2012. Szymborska, once described as the "Mozart of poetry", died on February 1 at the age of 88 after suffering from lung cancer. View Photo »
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An urn (C) containing the ashes of Poland's Nobel Prize winning poet Wislawa Szymborska is carried during her funeral in Krakow February 9, 2012. Szymborska, once described as the "Mozart of Poetry", died on February 1 after suffering from lung cancer. ... View Photo »
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People attend the funeral of Poland's Nobel Prize winning poet Wislawa Szymborska in Krakow February 9, 2012. Szymborska, once described as the "Mozart of Poetry", died on February 1 after suffering from lung cancer. She was 88. View Photo »
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Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt (L) and professor Christopher Pissarides, winner of the joint 2010 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, attend a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, January 27, 2012. View Photo »
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British-Cypriot Christopher Pissarides, winner of the joint 2010 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, attends a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, January 27, 2012. View Photo »
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US Nobel Prize for Economics winner Joseph Stiglitz poses for a photograph during the World Economic Forum in Davos, on January 25, 2012. More than 2,600 businessmen, politicians, leaders of non-governmental organisations or scientists and hundreds of... View Photo »
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Former scientific director of the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) in Heidelberg, Germany and 2008 Nobel Prize Laureate in Medicine, Professor Harald zur Hausen gives a lecture on 'infectious causes of human cancers'... View Photo »
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PHOTO) In this composite image a comparison has been made between John Forbes Nash, Jr. and actor Russell Crowe. Oscar hype continues this week with the announcement of the nominations for the 84th Academy Awards. Luise Rainer became the first actress... View Photo »
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Nobel Prize for Economics awardee Thomas Sargent of New York University, speaks during the seminar "What is Next?" View Photo »
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In this Tuesday Jan. 3, 2012 photo, tourists visit the grave of Nobel laureate poet Pablo Neruda in Isla Negra, Chile. Neruda and his close friend, socialist President Salvador Allende, died almost simultaneously under suspicious circumstances in the... View Photo »
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In this Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012 photo, Manuel Araya, former driver and personal secretary of Chilean Nobel laureate poet Pablo Neruda, speaks during an interview in the port city of San Antonio, Chile. Neruda and his close friend, socialist President... View Photo »
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Peruvian writer and Nobel Prize for Literature 2010 winner, Mario Vargas Llosa delivers a speech during the ceremony where he was given the Honoris Causa degree by the UNAPEC university in Santo Domingo on December 28, 2011. View Photo »
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Peruvian writer and Nobel Prize for Literature 2010 winner, Mario Vargas Llosa (L) speaks with rector Justo Pedro Castellanos during the ceremony where he was given the Honoris Causa degree by the UNAPEC university in Santo Domingo on December 28, 2011. View Photo »
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Chinese dissident Chen Xi is seen in this undated handout photo released by his family on December 26, 2011. A court in China sentenced on Monday a veteran dissident, Chen Xi, to 10 years in jail for subversion, his wife said, one of the heaviest... View Photo »
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STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN - DECEMBER 10: American Nobel Prize for medicine laureate Bruce Beutler (R) attends the Nobel Prize Banquet at Stockholm City Hall on December 10, 2011 in Stockholm, Sweden. View Photo »
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STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN - DECEMBER 10: American Nobel Prize for economics laureate Christopher Sims attends the Nobel Prize Banquet at Stockholm City Hall on December 10, 2011 in Stockholm, Sweden. View Photo »
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STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN - DECEMBER 10: Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden (C) and guests are served food at the Nobel Prize Banquet at Stockholm City Hall on December 10, 2011 in Stockholm, Sweden. View Photo »
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STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN - DECEMBER 10: French biologist and Nobel Prize for physiology laureate Jules Hoffmann attends the Nobel Prize Banquet at Stockholm City Hall on December 10, 2011 in Stockholm, Sweden. View Photo »
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STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN - DECEMBER 10: The Swedish prime minister's wife, Filippa Reinfeldt, and Nobel Prize for Economics laureate Thomas Sargent and at the Nobel Prize Banquet at Stockholm City Hall on December 10, 2011 in Stockholm, Sweden. View Photo »
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The Nobel Prize (Swedish: Nobelpriset) is a Swedish prize, established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist and inventor Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace in 1901. An associated prize, The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, was instituted by... Full Article
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