10/06/2008
Harald zur Hausen, Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, Luc Montagnier won Nobel Medicine/physiology prize on Monday. The prize of 10 million Swedish crowns ($1.4 million) recognized Harald zur Hausen of Germany for his work into the cause of cervical cancer and Francoise Barre-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier of France for their discovey of the virus that causes AIDS, Sweden's Karolinska Institute said.
Medicine is traditionally the first of the Nobel prizes awarded each year. The prizes for achievement in science, literature and peace were first awarded in 1901 accordance with the will of dynamite inventor and businessman Alfred Nobel. 2008's Nobel Peace Prize is being announced on October 10.
Following is a list of the winners of Nobel Peace Prize in past decade:
2007 - Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
2006 - Muhammad Yunus and Bangladesh's Grameen Bank for work to end poverty
2005 - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and its head Mohamed ElBaradei
2004 - Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai
2003 - Iranian human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi
2002 - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter
2001 - The United Nations and Secretary-General Kofi Annan
2000 - South Korean President Kim Dae-jung
1999 - Medical aid charity Medecins Sans Frontieres
1998 - Northern Ireland politicians John Hume and David Trimble
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