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Mexico City, Oct 7 (EFE).- Mexican scientist Mario Molina, who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1995 for his studies on the ozone layer, died Wednesday, the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) announced. He was 77.UNAM, Mexico's top university, reported "the regrettable passing of Dr. Mario Molina" on the social networks.(Camera: MIGUEL ANGEL ANDRADE)SHOT LIST: B-ROLL ARCHIVE OF MEXICAN SCIENTIST MARIO MOLINA.
Nobel Chemistry Prize winner Emmanuelle Charpentier says she hopes the award will make young female scientists realise that "nothing is impossible", after she and Jennifer Doudna of the US won for the gene-editing technique known as the CRISPR-Cas9 DNA snipping "scissors", the first time a Nobel science prize has gone to a women-only team. SOUNDBITE
Women's rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi's Nobel peace prize win pays tribute to the courage of Iranian women in the face of reprisals and harrassment, the United Nations says. The award "really highlights the courage and determination of the women of Iran and how they are an inspiration to the world", UN human rights office spokeswoman Elizabeth Throssell tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Head of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Berit Reiss-Andersen, says they "hope" Iran would release jailed Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi so she could attend the prize ceremony in December. "If the Iranian authorities make the right decision, they will release her," she tells a press conference after announcing Mohammadi was this year's prize winner. SOUNDBITE
The 2023 Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to imprisoned Iranian women's rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi, "for her fight against the opression of women in Iran", and "freedom for all" announces the Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo. IMAGES
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