OSLO (Reuters) - Rock stars Bob Geldof and Bono are among the bookmakers' tips to win the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, alongside more orthodox candidates like campaigners against nuclear arms or a peace broker for Indonesia.
Lets hope the Norwegian's decision doesn't come from a block of wood...Experts are divided about whether the secretive five-member committee would dare to broaden the scope of the $1.3 million award in 2005 to honour Geldof or Bono, who have campaigned for years to ease hunger and poverty in Africa.
Last year, the committee won both plaudits and brickbats for awarding the prize for the first time to an environmentalist, Kenya's Wangari Maathai, for leading a campaign to plant millions of trees across Africa.
After that mixed reception, guardians of what many view as the world's highest accolade may be reluctant to be innovative a second time. A total of 199 candidates have been nominated for the 2005 award, which can be split up to three ways.
"If the prize branches out to virtually anything that is trendy, it stands to lose the intent that (Swedish founder) Alfred Nobel had -- to prevent war," said Janne Haaland Matlary, a professor of political science at Oslo University.
Meanwhile my thoughts are with those caught in the recent Bali Bombings, for a account of this action take a gander at the Opinionated Diner, a kiwi in resident in Bali
As a species we so often seem to be at our most inventive when it comes to taking others lives, we are a plague on this planet
Song for the day - "Whitey's On The Moon" by Gil Scott Heron
2 comments:
Yo Bob, it's Diner not Dinner. Bless, JH
If I had fingers this typing lark would be so much easier
evolution not revolution
Error corrected :)
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