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There are 197 nominations this year, committee will not name them Speculation is leaning heavily toward a human rights prize China says dissident Hu Jia, favored to win, is not a legitimate contender Prize to be announced Friday at 11 a.m. (0900 GMT) OSLO, Norway (AP) -- Human rights activists were seen as the favorites to win the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize -- including Chinese dissidents Gao Zhisheng and Hu Jia, Russia's Lidia Yusupova, Vietnam's Thich Quang Do or the group Human Rights Watch. Chinese AIDS and human rights activist Hu Jia, a jailed dissident, speaks at a cafe in Beijing Even mentioning a Chinese dissident as a possible winner brought threatening growls of disapproval from Beijing, which declared Thursday that Hu, a jailed dissident, was not a legitimate contender. "If the prize is awarded to such a person it... [read full story]
