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  • A pro-democracy protester holding the picture of the jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, tries to climb across the police line during a demonstration at the China Liaison Office in Hong Kong Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010. The Norwegian Nobel Committee hopes Chinese authorities will allow the wife or some other close relative of imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo to travel to Oslo and accept the award on his behalf. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

    Nobel panel may not hand out Liu's peace prize

    The Nobel Peace Prize may not be handed out this year because China is not likely to let anyone from imprisoned award-winner Liu Xiaobo's family attend the ceremony, a Nobel official said, calling China's diplomatic pressure this year unprecedented.


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