Snowden would be a highly controversial choice for the $1.11-million award
The Pakistani girls' education campaigner Malala Yousafzai is said to be in the running along with Pope Francis for his defence of the poor, and a Japanese pacifist group. (Photo: AFP)
Oslo: The race for the Nobel peace prize, to be announced on Friday, has rarely been as open or unpredictable, experts say, with the pope and Edward Snowden tipped as possible winners.
Snowden, the ex-intelligence analyst who revealed the extent of US global eavesdropping, was one of the joint winners of the “alternative Nobel peace prize” last month. A hero to some and a traitor to others, he would be a highly controversial choice for the $1.11-million award.
The Pakistani girls’ education campaigner Malala Yousafzai is said to be in the running along with Pope Francis for his defence of the poor, and a Japanese pacifist group. Predicting the winner is even harder than usual this year, as the Nobel committee has received 278 candidates.
( Source : AP )
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