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Gorbachev to miss Nobel summit

Published: 11 December, 2008, 16:42


Mikhail Gorbachev  (AFP Photo / John Macdougall)

Former president of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev will not be attending this year’s annual summit of Nobel Peace Prize winners in Paris on December 11-13 because of health reasons.

 
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