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October 9, 2020

World Food Programme Wins 2020 Nobel Peace Prize
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In Oslo, Norway, the Nobel Peace Prize committee has awarded the 2020
prize to the World Food Programme, the United Nations' largest
specialized agency and the world's biggest humanitarian group addressing
hunger. Last year, it provided assistance in 88 countries to close to
100 million people.


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