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Amnesty International was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1977 for its worldwide campaign against torture and for the protection of human rights.
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The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) won its first Nobel Peace Prize in 1917 for its humanitarian work during the First World War.
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The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in the film industry, presented annually by the AMPAS.
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The Kalinga Prize is awarded by UNESCO for exceptional skill in presenting scientific ideas to lay people and popularizing science and technology.
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Pandit Ravi Shankar received the Polar Music Prize in 1998. It is a prestigious Swedish international award founded by Stig Anderson of ABBA fame.
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Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, a Pashtun independence activist, was the first non-Indian to receive the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, in 1987.
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The Oscar Awards (Academy Awards) are the most prestigious honors in the entertainment industry, recognizing excellence in cinematic achievements and film.
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The 2010 Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded jointly to Peter Diamond, Dale Mortensen, and Christopher Pissarides for their analysis of markets with search frictions.
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The 2009 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to U.S. President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.
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Herta Müller, the winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature, was born in Romania. She is a German novelist noted for depicting the landscape of the dispossessed.