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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

Peace Nominees

President Clinton and American peace envoy George Mitchell were among those nominated for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize as the deadline ran out Monday. Clinton was nominated, for at least the fifth straight year, by two Norwegian parliamentarians for his role in ending conflicts in the former Yugoslavia, and defending human rights worldwide. Mitchell was nominated for his peace efforts in Northern Ireland by an American congressman. The winner is announced in mid-October and the award presented in Oslo, Norway, Dec. 10. That’s the anniversary of the death of Alfred Nobel, the Swedish inventor of dynamite, and the award’s creator.