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Greek Islanders are apparently among the candidates for this year's Nobel Peace Prize. Bruce...
of the candidates is a fisherman... and an 85-year-old grandmother who was photographed
bottle-feeding a refugee baby.
Those two were nominated by Greek academics and the Hellenic Olympic Committee... along
with Hollywood actress Susan Sarandon.
An academic said they symbolically represent the "behaviour and attitude of Greece, organizations
and volunteers towards the huge refugee crisis."
"It's not a coincidence these people are helping. From teachers to ordinary people, they rushed
to support those who arrived desperate and persecuted from a war that Greece did not
cause."
Nominations must be postmarked by February 1st... and the more than one-MILLION U.S.
dollar award will be announced in October.
And Bruce... a very familiar name has popped up again among the nominees?
The Nobel Institute doesn't publish names... but according to... Nobel watchers...