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Now you can have your own Nobel prize – but you’ll have to BUY it at auction as 1936 Peace medal goes under hammer after it was found in pawn shop

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If you want to join the likes of Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr and Mother Teresa in having a Nobel Peace Prize it’s easy – you just need £50,000 in your back pocket.

A lost prize which surfaced in a South American pawn shop is going under the hammer, becoming only the second ever to be auctioned.

The 23-carat solid gold medal was awarded to Argentina’s foreign minister in 1936 for his role ending a brutal South American war which killed 100,000 people.

After he died in 1959, however, the prize’s whereabouts were unknown for decades.

The man’s descendants have now decided to sell it, meaning its history can be revealed.

The solid gold medal will be auctioned in Baltimore by New York’s Stack’s Bowers Galleries on March 27 and the value of its gold alone is said to be $9,168 (£5,521).

The 1936 prize is expect to fetch at least $50,000 to $100,000 (£30,106 to £60,212).

 

 

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Michael Schumacher’s agent says there are ‘small, encouraging signs’ in his condition, 11 weeks after ski crash left him in a coma

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Michael Schumacher is showing ‘small, encouraging signs’ following his skiing accident and his family remains confident he will ‘pull through and will wake up’.

 

The update comes with the new F1 season just around the corner, and with speculation growing about Schumacher’s condition given he has now spent almost 11 weeks in a coma.

 

It follows a series of reports that the former world champion racing driver’s condition was worsening after his low speed ski crash in the French Alps.

 

Schumacher has been in an artificial coma since December 29. But doctors say most artificial comas last for a period of two to three weeks.

 

Schumacher remains in a waking-up process at the University of Grenoble hospital in France.

 

 

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IT Industry Agenda Discussed At Government

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Chaired by Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan,, the IT Development Support Council held today a regular meeting in the Office of Government.

The Council first reviewed the status of previous meeting’s assignments. Then the meeting discussed issues related to public procurements and VAT problems arising during the implementation of grant programs. Regarding the latter, the Prime Minister ordered to hold an extra consultation and find appropriate solutions. The Council next heard a report on the launch of robotics groups under the “Robotics start at school” project.

60 such groups were said to have been set up nationwide, which are supposed to triple in number in the near future. The speakers noted that the project may help attract thousands of young people into the labor market. The private sector has turned to the government for financial support, and the Prime Minister has approved the request. Various donors are expected to be involved in the project.

The meeting approved a proposal to post all the corresponding draft laws in RSS format at the Ministry of Justice official website. Tigran Sargsyan instructed the relevant authorities to discuss the issue and submit recommendations.

The meeting agenda featured items concerning the minimum wage, warranty service-related customs rules and regulations, as well as the launch of computing skills testing and attestation centers under the “Usum” (Learning) system.

Summing up the meeting, the Prime Minister stated in part, “The IT Development Support Council features representatives from the private sector to get feedback from private operators regarding the existing problems and bottlenecks. Such feedback is a must for the government to understand and address the threats in a timely manner, which are given a prompt response.”

In conclusion, the Prime Minister urged the IT sector representatives to identify and report back all the problems in order to find coordinated solutions and implement new programs.

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