11.   The peace prize this year went to the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and its American coordinator Jody Williams.

12.   Who could win the peace prize this year?

13.   East Timor Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo and independence activist Jose Ramos-Horta were awarded the Nobel peace prize this year for their efforts towards a settlement.

14.   The Royal Academy is in charge of awarding the prize each year.

15.   Pesic, a peace activist for many years, has been nominated for the Nobel peace prize this year.

16.   The foundation awards prizes each year for outstanding achievements in science and the arts.

17.   The King Faisal science prize this year went to researchers Gunter Blobel of Germany, Hugh Pelham of Britain and James Rothman of the United States.