Malala Yousafzai, Clinton among the candidates for the Nobel Prize

OSLO: Pakistan schoolgirl who turned into a symbol of the year Monday.This Malala Taliban Yusufzai resistance, activists Eastern bloc earlier and former U.S. President Bill Clinton to run for peace this year the Nobel Prize, also announced the Nobel Institute record 259 nominations for The Nobel Institute is the list of candidates Even from 209 individuals and 50 organizations, without disclosing any of the names in line with its system. Is kept the list of candidates secret for 50 thousand years.But people are eligible to nominate candidates, including Nobel Prize former, members of parliament and government worldwide, and some university professors and members of certain international organizations, and they can reveal names have put forward.Fifteen years Malala Yousafzai, who was seriously injured when was shot in the head by a gunman Taliban from close range on October 9 to promote girls' education in Pakistan, is known to be on the list and are seen by some experts as a favorite . "A candidate who embodies a number of reasons: the rights of girls and women, education, youth, and the fight against extremism," said Kristian Berg Award observer Harpviken, head of the Peace Research Institute Oslo.But young age can work against it, and others are proposed. "It will be a lot of burden her," said Atle Sveen, a historian specializing in the Nobel Peace Prize, "pointing to the extent of a very small even though the reasons for the honor of easy to understand," adding, "Lena bin professional (a Tunisian blogger who was as mentioned winner possible in 2011 when she was 27) cracked almost nerves when he was nominated. and she can (Malala) become the target greater fanatics ", and pointed out that the winner will be announced Award 2013 in early October and won by , as tradition dictates, on December 10, the anniversary of the death in 1896 of the Nobel prizes' founder, and registry optimizer Nobel.The Alfred previous 241 dated of candidates 2011. "The upside is, not nearly every year, but," said the institute's president, Geir Lundestad. "This reflects the growing interest in the prize. Appointments come from the whole world," he would said.Some of options Prize Committee controversial in recent times, and that may increased attention that has received.Last prestigious honor went to the European Union, which is a controversial choice and mass conflicts through its worst crisis since creation.And in 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama has received approval only months after taking office, also said the United States fight two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.This year, can the Nobel Committee raise angered Moscow by honoring activists fighting for the rights and freedoms in Russia, which has suffered from the worst campaign since the fall of the Soviet Union, according to Human Rights Watch, or Belarus, often described as a dictatorship in Europe the past. "There are a lot of reasons to turn our attention to Russia and Eastern Europe, and in particular," said Harpviken. "The political developments very very worrying and this thing can not be escaped from members.Russian Committee activists like Olskiyva Lyudmila, and Svetlana  Shibanova Lilia can be dangerous candidates and then, as well as the rights group Memorial and imprisoned human rights activist Belarusian Belyatski ales.Harpviken also mentioned the progress made in the areas of peace and basic human rights in countries such as Colombia, Myanmar, the Philippines, but felt that this could be difficult to determine which of the two projects on the Nobel Prize in particular.Names known to include based on Colombian President Jose Manuel Santos, Myanmar reformist President candidates Thein Sein.Other are, in no particular order, former U.S. President Bill Clinton, a Coptic Christian Maggie Gibran, dubbed Egypt "Mother Teresa" for her work to help the poor in the slums of Cairo and Mukwege Dennis, a doctor leading founded a clinic for rape victims in the Democratic Republic of Congo and according to Congo.And Norwegian NRK radio and other names so far include U.S. troops WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning, Leyla Zana Kurdish activist and the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI), which provides vaccines for poor children.