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Friday, October 12, 2012

EU detractors slam Nobel Peace Prize decision

FILE - Demonstrators burn an EU flag in this file photo dated Thursday Nov. 17, 2011, in Thessaloniki, Greece. It is announced Friday Oct. 12, 2012, that the European Union has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to promote peace and democracy in Europe, in the midst of the union's biggest crisis since its creation in the 1950s. The Norwegian prize committee said the EU receives the award for six decades of contributions "to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe. (AP Photo/ Nikolas Giakoumidis, File)While some Europeans swelled with pride when the European Union won the Nobel Peace Prize, howls of derision erupted from the continent's large band of skeptics.



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