{"id":5647,"date":"2016-10-06T17:51:53","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T12:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/jwt2015\/?p=5647"},"modified":"2016-10-06T17:51:53","modified_gmt":"2016-10-06T12:51:53","slug":"who-will-win-the-2016-nobel-peace-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/studykit\/currentaffairs\/who-will-win-the-2016-nobel-peace-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Who will win the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Likely Front-Runners<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Of the 376 candidates this year, 148 are organisations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Russian activist Svetlana Gannushkina<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gannushkina has &#8220;a long record as an advocate for human rights, democracy and historical reconciliation in Russia and its neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Ernest Moniz and Ali Akbar Salehi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Moniz, the U.S. energy secretary, and Salehi, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, were key players in hammering out the nuclear deal between Iran and the West.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>White Helmets of Syria&#8217;s civil war <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A volunteer corps of first responders known for wearing white helmets, were recognized last month with the Right to Livelihood Award after reportedly rescuing more than 60,000 lives since the country erupted into a civil war in 2011.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The negotiators behind 2015 climate change accord.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Should panellists wish to honour the hard-won Paris climate change deal, without singling out any one leader or country, they could opt for the United Nations secretariat that was a backbone to talks.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Pope Francis <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Francis remains an outspoken advocate for peace amid global conflicts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Edward Snowden<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The former NSA whistleblower remains a divisive figure after leaking a trove of classified U.S. security information in 2013.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The Greek islanders <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The islanders have been credited for their compassion and humanity as the flood of migrants wash ashore \u2014 some already dead.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Nadia Murad<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of the most high-profile advocates for the Yazidis, a religious minority targeted for extermination by ISIS<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Angela Merkel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She has been lauded for her handling of the refugee crisis in Europe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Denis Mukwege<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Congolese gynecologist who has treated thousands of victims of sexual assault during his country\u2019s years of conflict and civil war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Likely Front-Runners Of the 376 candidates this year, 148 are organisations. Russian activist Svetlana Gannushkina Gannushkina has &#8220;a long record as an advocate for human rights, democracy and historical reconciliation in Russia and its neighborhood. Ernest Moniz and Ali Akbar Salehi Moniz, the U.S. energy secretary, and Salehi, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":149,"featured_media":5649,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5262],"tags":[5601,5602,5603],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5647"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/149"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}