FACTBOX - Winners of Nobel Peace Prize in past decade

REUTERS - Following are the last 10 winners of the

Nobel Peace Prize:

U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington October 7, 2009. (REUTERS/Jim Young)

2009 - U.S. President Barack Obama for efforts to strengthen

international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.

2008 - Former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari for peace

work from Namibia to Kosovo.

2007 - Former U.S. Vice-President Al Gore and the

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

2006 - Muhammad Yunus and Bangladesh's Grameen Bank for work

to end poverty.

2005 - The International Atomic Energy Agency and its

head Mohamed ElBaradei.

2004 - Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai.

2003 - Iranian human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi.

2002 - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter.

2001 - The United Nations and Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

2000 - South Korean President Kim Dae-jung.

(Writing by David Cutler, London Editorial Reference Unit)

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