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DATE: FRIDAY, October 15, 1993                   TAG: 9310150088
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-4   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: OSLO, NORWAY                                LENGTH: Short

NO FRONT-RUNNER FOR PEACE PRIZE

With all the world in turmoil, the Nobel Committee may play it safe when it reveals its 1993 peace laureate today by honoring a steadfast organization instead of an individual.

The Norwegian news media, usually filled with accurate speculation in the days before the prize, has been quiet. The awards committee never reveals the names of candidates, although the nominators often make announcements.

African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela and South African President F.W. de Klerk were thought to have a chance of winning. But there was speculation that the continuing political violence in the African nation might make the committee shy from them.

And awards committee member Kare Kristiansen has said the 1993 winner wouldn't be controversial.

Those who brokered the peace accord signed last month between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization might seem worthy of a prize. But the agreement came well after the Feb. 1 nomination deadline for the 1993 award.

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