Ahead of the Nobel prize season beginning on Monday, Germany's influential Bild newspaper said Merkel, 61, had "a good chance" of winning, in part over her open-door policy on refugees fleeing war and persecution.
"Reasons: her actions in the Ukraine crisis and the refugee policies," the German daily said.
A total of 276 nominations have been submitted for this year's peace prize -- two short of the record 278 last year .... http://news.yahoo.com
