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Yemeni dedicates Nobel Prize to Arab Spring activists

Protests erupted in January in the impoverished south Arabian Peninsula nation demanding the removal of Yemen's president.

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Yemeni Tawakkul Karman, one of three women awarded the Nobel Peace Prize today, said she had dedicated her unexpected win to all activists of the Arab Spring.

"I dedicate it to all the activists of the Arab Spring," Karman told Al-Arabiya Television, refering to protesters who took to the streets in several Arab countries demanding democracy.

"I am very happy. I didn't expect this at all," she said, adding that "the project for freedom and dignity has become a reality."

"This is an honour for all the Arabs, Muslims and women," said the woman who has become a leading figure in the months-long nationwide-protests against Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

"We are heading towards a beautiful future for our nation," added the 32-year-old Karman, who has been holed in Sanaa's protest encampment for around four month, in fear of being hunted by the partisans of the veteran leader.

"We will work to reach all our (protest) goals, not short of one," she added.

Protests erupted in January in the impoverished south Arabian Peninsula nation demanding the removal of Saleh, who has been in office since 1978.

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