John Hume

Tuesday 11/24/1998

John Hume, leader of the Northern Ireland Social Democratic and Labor Party, looks back at the peace agreement he crafted and the Nobel Prize he won for his work.

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Nobel Laureates
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John Hume
World, Politics
Air Date 11/24/1998
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