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Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Awarded 2016 Nobel Peace Prize

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Awarded 2016 Nobel Peace Prize
Juan Manuel Santos gets Nobel for his "resolute efforts" to bring country's civil war to an end
Oslo: Efforts by Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos to end five decades of war in his country were recognised with the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.

The award came despite voters' shock rejection of the terms of a historic deal he reached last month with FARC chief Rodrigo Londono, alias Timoleon "Timochenko" Jimenez, after nearly four years of talks.

"The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2016 to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos for his resolute efforts to bring the country's more than 50-year-long civil war to an end," said committee chairwoman Kaci Kullmann Five.



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