The Nobel Prize Foundation bent the rules and allowed a Canadian doctor, who died a day before he was awarded, to keep his Nobel Prize for medicine.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9606000/9606969.stm


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15156342

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Nobel Peace Prize recognises women rights activists  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15211861 


Nobel prize for economics awarded to two Americans  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15241454

Swedish poet Transtroemer wins Nobel Literature Prize  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15200547

Nobel win for crystal discovery  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15181187


Nobel physics prize honours accelerating Universe find  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15165371

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2010 Nobel prize for economics awarded to trio of academics http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11515509

First woman wins economics Nobel http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8302662.stm