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Is the linked website real? "Photo: Wikidemia Commons" ??

This link may be more informative: http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dbvIvqx2eu3bnMMiDfa9ho_...

China is going to be really mad! I hope they don't harm him for this. I guess the world is watching - now, but later? And secret less noticeable stuff?

Anyone know if he agreed to accept the prize?

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I don't think one spleling mistake is enough to condemn a site as fake.

It's clearly legitimate; highest rank on google for "nobel", listed on wikipedia as the official site, etc etc etc

It wasn't the spelling mistake, it was the complete lack of content. I would expect more of a writeup of why they they are giving it to him, etc, etc. The spelling mistake really caught my eye though - it just seemed unprofessional. It's just not what you expect when you hear "Nobel prize".

The peace prize is awarded by the Norwegian Nobel Committee, and not the 'normal' Nobel Institute. The official site for the peace prize is at nobelpeaceprize.org and the official announcement is at http://nobelpeaceprize.org/en_GB/announce-2010/

It's there, the UI just obscures it. It's actually an accordion and when you click "The Nobel Peace Prize 2010" tab you can see more like the "Press Release".

Regarding the typo: it happens all the time to all kinds of sites.

What do you mean lack of content? Here's the press release: http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2010/pres...

Here's the video of the announcement: http://nobelprize.org/mediaplayer/index.php?id=1373

That was pretty well hidden. You have to click on the small grey-on-grey text that says "Nobel Peace Prize 2010" then the even tinier grey-on-grey text that says "Press Release" just to see who the hell this guy is.

Go straight to the page and you see his name, his photo, and a bunch of text in Chinese (which I now see are comments).

According to Norwegian newspapers, he probably doesn't even know that he was nominated. The Nobel Institute have asked the Chinese government to tell Liu Xiaobo about the prize.

Liu Xiaobos wife says the Chinese police have allowed her to tell her husband about the prize on Saturday.

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