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Who do you think will win the Nobel Peace Prize?

Ole Tangen JrOctober 8, 2015

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is a favorite to win the Nobel Peace Prize. But if history is any lesson, this is no guarantee.

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Nobelpreis Medaille mit dem Konterfrei von Alfred Nobel
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Other favorites include Pope Francis, for his speeches on behalf of the poor and for promoting social justice and Denis Mukwege, a Congolese gynecologist who specializes in the treatment of women brutalized by rape in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Mussie Zerai, a Catholic priest of Eritrean descent, is also said to be in the running for his help in saving the lives of thousands of migrants and refugees crossing the Mediterranean.