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Who were the previous 10 Nobel Peace Prize winners?

2008: Martti Ahtisaari

Adam Hunger/Reuters

Martti Ahtisaari, former president of Finland, speaks at Harvard law school in Boston on Sept. 27.

October 8, 2010

By Leigh Montgomery Staff writer
Geoff Johnson Contributor

The former president of Finland had a long diplomatic career in the UN and was tapped for the Peace Prize “for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts.”

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Who were the previous 10 Nobel Peace Prize winners?

2008: Martti Ahtisaari

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