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[Watch again] Kazuo Ishiguro wins 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature

British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro has been announced as the winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Who could be in contention for the Nobel Peace Prize 2017?

Who will win the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize? The bookmakers think the names on this list are in the running.

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Which countries have won the most Nobel literature prizes?

Following the announcement of this year's winner, find out everything you need to know about the Nobel Prize for Literature

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British scientist Richard Henderson among trio awarded 2017 Nobel chemistry prize

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The very short guide to why gravitational waves matter

The Nobel Prize for physics has been awarded for research into gravitational waves.

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Scientists Rainer Weiss, Barry Barish and Kip Thorne win the 2017 Nobel Prize for Physics

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US scientists win Nobel medicine prize for work on circadian rhythms

U.S. scientists Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael Young have won the 2017 Nobel prize for medici

Myanmar

Myanmar's Rohingya crisis 'should not all be about Aung San Suu Kyi'

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi is urged to intervene in Rohingya crisis but IRC chief David Miliband says it's not that simple

USA

Ig Nobel prize for liquid cat research

Ig Nobel spoof awards have been held in the US recognising

United Kingdom

Taliban target Malala Yousafzai wins place at Oxford University

Malala, 17, was shot in the head in 2012 by a Taliban gunman. Now she's got a place at one of the world's most prestigious universities.

China

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo has died, Chinese government says

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Jailed Nobel Prize Winner Liu Xiaobo now "seriously ill"

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Liu Xiaobo : Western medics contradict China

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China invites Germany to treat Liu Xiaobo for cancer

China invites Germany to treat Liu Xiaobo for cancer

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Liu Xiabo freed

China's jailed Nobel peace prize laureate Liu Xiabo has been granted medical parole after being diagnosed with terminal liver cancer.

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Bob Dylan delivers Nobel lecture

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Dylan finally accepts Nobel Prize

Legendary folk-songwriter Bob Dylan has finally accepted his Nobel Prize at a private event in Stockholm

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Dylan gets his Nobel Prize

The 75-year-old singer-songwriter will receive his Nobel Literature Prize in Stockholm in the next few days.

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Pope meets Colombian leaders divided over FARC peace deal

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, who won the Nobel peace prize for the deal with the FARC and opposition leader Alvaro Uribe, who rejected the agreement met with Pope Francis in the…

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Patti Smith blanks out during Nobel Prize performance

Singer and songwriter Patti Smith needed two attempts to get through Bob Dylan’s “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall” at the Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm.