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Atlanta backs out of hosting Nobel Peace summit

Atlanta backs out of hosting Nobel Peace summit

By Ernie Suggs, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for CNT   COVID, racial and political tensions cited as reasons Dreams of Atlanta hosting the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in 2023 have been deferred. Citing financial pressures brought on by the pandemic, the national racial and political unrest that made its way down to Atlanta and the withdrawal of major backers, including Rotary International, organizers of the event have backed out of the summit that could have brought in scores of Nobel Prize winners and about 40,000 people. The event’s organizer, Bob Hope, chief executive of Atlanta Peace Inc., said…
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