NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS SPEAK AT A PRESS CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON

Swedish Ambassador Mr. Jan Eliasson speaks with Richard Axel, Nobel Prize winner for Physiology or Medicine, at a press conference at the Wyndham Hotel in Washington on December 1, 2004. The Nobel Prizes are one of the highest civil awards given annually in Swedan and Norway. The Prizes are awarded in six catagories: Physiology or Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Peace, and Economics.(UPI Photo/Arianne Starnes)