Nobel Peace Prize: The winners that soared and sank
STAVANGER, Norway — The Nobel Peace Prize does more than recognize the past achievements of individuals. By honouring causes and movements, the five-member Norwegian Nobel Committee often is encouraging future work toward peace.
But promising initiatives and peace processes sometimes flicker out, frustrating the committee’s optimistic intentions. Other laureates go on to surpass the deeds that won them the Peace Prize.
As the committee prepares to announce the winner of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize on Oct. 6, a look at some Nobel Peace Prize laureates who fell short, some who were undoubted successes and others who landed somewhere in between:
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