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Trump's Push For Peace Prize Won't Sway Us, Says Nobel Committee

Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu (R) hands the US president a letter nominating Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize (Credit: AFP)

Donald Trump's obsession with winning the Nobel Peace Prize next month may have hit a hitch -- the stubborn independence of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which insisted to AFP that it cannot be swayed.

Since returning to the White House in January, Trump has made it clear he wants the prestigious accolade, which his Democratic rival Barack Obama won to the surprise of many shortly after taking office in 2009.

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