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Title: People are now talking about the US and Iran winning a joint Nobel Peace Prize
Post by: flowers on July 14, 2015, 04:52:42 pm

http://www.businessinsider.com/people-are-now-talking-about-the-us-and-iran-winning-a-joint-nobel-peace-prize-2015-7

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OSLO (Reuters) - A nuclear deal clinched between Iran and six major world powers that caps more than a decade of negotiations has stoked talk of a joint Nobel Peace Prize for Tehran and Washington this year, despite the likelihood of strong objections from some quarters.

U.S. President Barack Obama, who won the prize in 2009 for promoting nuclear non-proliferation, hailed the Iran deal on Tuesday as a step towards a "more hopeful world". But Israel pledged to try to halt an "historic surrender".

Awarding the prestigious award to Washington and Tehran would fit a pattern of nuclear-