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The Nobel Economics Prize is awarded to a US trio, Ben Bernanke, Douglas Diamond and Philip Dybvig, for their contributions on explaining the role of banks in the economy. SOUNDBITE
Thomas Perlmann, Secretary-General for the Nobel Assembly and the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine, announces that US scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian have won the Nobel Medicine Prize for discoveries on receptors for temperature and touch. SOUNDBITE
Roger Penrose of Britain, Reinhard Genzel of Germany and Andrea Ghez of the US have won the Nobel Physics Prize for their research into black holes, the Nobel jury announces. SOUNDBITE
Indian-born Abhijit Banerjee of the US, French-American Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer of the US win the Nobel Economics Prize for their work on poverty, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences says. SOUNDBITE
Professor Göran K. Hansson, Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, announces that John Goodenough of US, Britain's Stanley Whittingham and Japan's Akira Yoshino win the 2019 Nobel Chemistry Prize. SOUNDBITE
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.