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Nobel Prize For Literature Postponed Due To Scandal
The organisation that decides the Nobel Prize for Literature has said it will not announce an award this year, after it was engulfed in a scandal over sexual assault allegations.
The organisation that decides the Nobel Prize for Literature has said it will not announce an award this year, after it was engulfed in a scandal over sexual assault allegations.
Also in the programme: Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts, and why does New Zealand keep getting missed off world maps?
Picture: A medal of Alfred Nobel. Credit: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images.
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