As the Oct. 10 announcement of this yearâ??s Nobel Peace Prize approaches, Pope Francisâ?? chances might have taken a hit yesterday: the director of The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) announced him a favorite, but the outfit doesnâ??t have a good record of picking winners.
The Argentinian pontiff, together with former NSA agent Edward Snowden and the Pakistani activist Malala Yusafzai, has been considered among the top contenders since the Norwegian Nobel Committee closed the nomination list Feb. 1.
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