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Women's rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi's Nobel peace prize win pays tribute to the courage of Iranian women in the face of reprisals and harrassment, the United Nations says. The award "really highlights the courage and determination of the women of Iran and how they are an inspiration to the world", UN human rights office spokeswoman Elizabeth Throssell tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
The Nobel Economics Prize is awarded to a US trio, Ben Bernanke, Douglas Diamond and Philip Dybvig, for their contributions on explaining the role of banks in the economy. SOUNDBITE
The Nobel Chemistry Prize is awarded to a trio of chemists for laying the foundation for a more functional form of chemistry. Americans Carolyn Bertozzi and Barry Sharpless, together with Denmark's Morten Meldal are honoured for "for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry". The award marks the second Nobel for 81-year-old Sharpless, who won the chemistry Nobel in 2001. SOUNDBITE
Canadian David Card, Israeli-American Joshua Angrist and Dutch-American Guido Imbens are awarded the Nobel Economics, announces Göran K. Hansson, secretary general of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. SOUNDBITE
Germany's Benjamin List and David MacMillan of the US win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of a precise new tool for molecular construction, announces Göran K Hansson, Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. IMAGES
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