US atomic bomb survivors win Nobel Peace Prize

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The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organisation of survivors of the US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, for its activism against nuclear weapons. Jorgen Watne Frydnes, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, said on Friday the award was made as the “taboo against the use of nuclear weapons is under pressure.” He said the Nobel committee