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The list of nominees for this year's Nobel Peace Prize includes plenty of individuals and organizations that probably deserve the award, along with two curious candidates that will almost certainly hog all of the media's attention: WikiLeaks and the Internet. This year's field features a whopping 241 nominees, breaking the record of 237 set just last year. Notable candidates include former ...

It almost feels that WikiLeaks' nomination for a Nobel Peace Prize was inevitable. The site's focus on transparency and exposing corruption and human rights abuse, as well as its knack for stirring up controversy, seems tailored to draw the attention of the Nobel Prize Committee. After announcing that WikiLeaks had been nominated, Snorre Valen, a member of the Norwegian parliament, called the site ...

The Chinese government's offensive against supporters of political dissident and Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo apparently knows no bounds. After having already placed Liu's wife and friends on house arrest, the government has now turned its attention to Twitter. According to the Guardian, freelance designer Mou Yanxi was reportedly targeted by Chinese police after posting a tweet about ...