He did not offer to give his prize to fellow peace prize laureate Shirin Ebadi.

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Riess shared this year's prize with with fellow American Saul Perlmutter and the Australian Brian Schmidt for the discovery, back in 1998, that the expansion of the Universe is accelerating.

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Those lobbying efforts have included using the international appeal of former president Nelson Mandela and his fellow Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

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Had she lived, I truly believe that she might have won, as did her fellow social entrepreneur Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Standing with 15, 000 delegates representing green activism groups and politically correct scientists the world over are international celebrity leaders like Nobel Peace Prize laureates Barack Obama, Al Gore and Desmond Tutu and their fellow celebrities and Oscar and Grammy winners Al Gore, Leonardo Dicaprio, Sting, Cate Blanchett and Daryl Hannah.

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Affleck was also nominated for the Leading Actor award, but that prize went to Daniel Day-Lewis, the favorite not only of the bookies but of his peers, including fellow nominee Hugh Jackman.

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