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Dissident could win Nobel Prize

There is speculation that this year's Nobel Peace Prize may go to a Chinese dissident, 35-year-old Hu Jia. He was sent to prison for three-and-a-half years for writing five articles and giving two interviews about what he believes are injustices in China. Correspondent James Reynolds reports from Beijing.

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