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Norwegian lawmakers nominate Edward Snowden for Nobel Peace Prize

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By Laura Smith-Spark, CNN

(CNN) — Two Norwegian lawmakers have jointly nominated National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden for the Nobel Peace Prize, they said Wednesday on their party website.

Snowden has “revealed the nature and technological prowess of modern surveillance,” and by doing so has contributed to peace, said a joint statement by Bard Vegar Solhjell and Snorre Valen of the Socialist Left Party.

Nominations for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize — whose previous winners include such figures as the late South African President Nelson Mandela

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