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Ahtisaari reacts to Nobel Prize

Finland's ex-president Martti Ahtisaari said he was "very pleased" to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

He hoped it would help facilitate future work, but said at the age of 71, he now hoped to travel less and spend more time with his wife.

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