The decisions by the Nobel committee, right or wrong, are final.

For many who deserve it, the call from the Nobel committee never comes.

"I used to tell them it was because the Nobel committee couldn't make up its mind which of my projects to recognize."

That seems to be the point the Nobel committee is making now with this prize.

The Nobel committee might have judged him on his plan for peace - except he has not got one.

But yesterday, both master and student were recognized by the Nobel committee.

The Nobel committee is one of few institutions with sufficient status to be heard around the world.

The decision has stirred a dispute on the Nobel committee.

Perhaps this is why the Nobel committee was a bit circumspect.

But that support, which the Nobel committee acknowledges, does not make her a guerrilla.