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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
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
Thomas Perlmann, Secretary-General for the Nobel Assembly and the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine, announces that US scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian have won the Nobel Medicine Prize for discoveries on receptors for temperature and touch. SOUNDBITE
The Nobel Committee announces that American economists Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson have won the Nobel Economics Prize for their work on commercial auctions. SOUNDBITE
Indian-born Abhijit Banerjee of the US, French-American Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer of the US win the Nobel Economics Prize for their work on poverty, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences says. SOUNDBITE
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.