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Tomas Transtromer, Swedish poet (File Photo).

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Swedish Poet Awarded 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature

Tomas Transtromer's honored for work that 'gives us fresh access to reality' Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences says

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A statue of former US President Woodrow Wilson is unveiled in Prague, Czech Republic, Oct. 5, 2011.

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Arid Uka (L) talks with his lawyer Michaela Roth as he arrives for the start of his trial at the higher regional court in Frankfurt (file photo)

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A screen grab shows Israeli Daniel Shechtman from the Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa who won the 2011 Nobel Chemistry prize for the discovery of quasicrystals. His research "has fundamentally altered how chemists conceive of solid matter," Octobe

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United States Defense Secretary Leon Panetta speaks during a Carnegie Think Tank event at the Conrad Hotel, Oct. 5, 2011.

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A woman holds a Syrian flag as Jordanians and Syrians protest against Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad in Amman, Jordan, October 3, 2011.

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Riders on horse back escort the small truck that is transporting skulls of ancestors recently returned from Germany, from the airport to be put on display in the city of Windhoek, Namibia, October 4, 2011.

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