In two thousand eight Norway opened a so-called doomsday vault designed to be secure from any threat -- even an asteroid strike.

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She is the lead author of a study by a team from Harvard's Brigham and Women's Hospital and the University of Bergen in Norway.

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This was the surprise announcement Friday from Oslo,Norway "The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for two thousand nine is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples."

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