11.   Until his death, Edward Devitt, a retired judge for whom the award was named, acted as chairman of the awards committee.

12.   Others, including the awards committee, feared that the prize would inspire a new crackdown by the Jakarta government.

13.   American author Don DeLillo, who satirizes the struggle to maintain individuality in Western society, has won the Jerusalem Prize, the awards committee announced Sunday.

14.   Geir Lundestad, secretary of the Nobel awards committee, said the two laureates had separate news conferences to underscore the difference in their roles.

15.   In announcing the prize in October, the Nobel awards committee blamed the Indonesian government for death, terror and persecution in East Timor.

16.   Kovalyov urged the Norwegian awards committee to do better this year, suggesting former U.S. President Carter or Chinese dissident Wei Jingsheng, jailed for demanding human rights.

17.   Nominations are accepted from former peace laureates, the awards committee, members of national governments and assemblies, some university professors and a handful of organizations.

18.   Others, including the Nobel awards committee itself, feared that the prize could trigger a harsh crackdown by the Indonesian government on the eastern part of Timor island.

19.   She was invited by the awards committee.

20.   The awards committee often uses the prize to encourage difficult peace efforts, such as in the Middle East and South Africa.