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Explainer: How does someone win the Nobel Peace Prize?

You can’t nominate yourself, in case you were wondering.

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Oct 6th 2017, 2:49 PM

Anti-nuclear weapons campaign wins Nobel Peace Prize for 'groundbreaking' work

There were 318 candidates for this year’s prize.

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Oct 6th 2017, 10:10 AM

'He couldn’t stay in school because of the pain': Fighting for children's arthritis services

“Rhys is a sports fanatic and GAA is our life, it’s everything down here – he goes to football training but he can’t complete an entire session.”

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Dec 8th 2016, 6:05 AM