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- Created by Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel
- First awarded: 1901
- First recipients: Henry Dunant, Frédéric Passy
- Former Vice President Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change were awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize
- Other winners have included Martin Luther King Jr., Woodrow Wilson, International Committee of the Red Cross, Theodore Roosevelt, Jimmy Carter, Yasser Arafat, Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa
- Other Nobel Prizes: Physics, chemistry, physiology/medicine and literature
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The Peace Prize is awarded annually "to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between the nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses."Official Site: Alfred Nobel's Will
The Nobel Foundation anounced on October 8, 2009 that US president Barack Obama has won the Nobel Peace Prize "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples". http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2009/
The Nobel Peace Prize is the one of five Nobel Prizes awarded by the Nobel Foundation of Stockholm, Sweden. -
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Nobel Peace Prize News
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'Internet' Nominated for 2010 Nobel Peace Prize
AP Candidates for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize include a Russian human rights group, a Chinese dissident and an inanimate object: the Internet, ... (February 08, 2010)FOXNews -
Nobel peace prize winner talks about climate change
By Robert Warlow, Reporter A NOBEL peace prize winner is to visit Park House School to talk about global warming today (Tuesday). Welsh scientist, Sir John ... (February 08, 2010)Newbury Weekly News Group -
Ricky Gervais to be honoured at Banff World Television Festival
"Only the Nobel Peace Prize can top this," Ricky Gervais said in a statement acknowledging his being honoured at this year's Banff World Television Festival ... (February 09, 2010)Vancouver Sun -
Busch: The Global Debt Dilemma
The 2001 Nobel Peace Prize winner said that without balancing measures to stimulate the economy — such as development funds and other ways to increase ... (February 09, 2010)CNBC
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Winners of the Nobel Peace Prize
A comprehensive list of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, at the Nobel Prize Internet Archive.nobelprizes.com
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Nobel Peace Prize Questions
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IF the Nobel committee (made up of Norwegian politicians from across the spectrum) had NOT chosen Obama, who SHOULD they have picked? 1 AnswerI would probably have chosen Morgan Tsvangirai from Zimbabwe, or Hu Jia from China. Tsvangirai stood up to Robert Mugabe, and brought hope to Zimbabwe of ever g... read more -
Do you think President Obama is embarrassed about being awarded the Nobel Peace prize? 2 AnswersWhile some may argue that this award is premature, I disagree. This is a clear statement by the Nobel Committee not merely of the importance of U.S. multilatera... read more -
Should the CEO of Guinness be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize? 1 AnswerProbably not, alcohol probably causes more fights in Ireland than it prevents! read more -
Do you think President Obama did the right thing by accepting the Nobel Peace prize? 13 AnswersObama may be a wartime president, but he didn't order the start of this war. I believe he received the prize because of his efforts to wind down the conflict a... read more
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Ricky Gervais to be honoured at Banff World Television Festival: "Only the Nobel Peace Prize can top this," Ricky ... http://bit.ly/bpCIl7
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Ricky Gervais to be honoured at Banff World Television Festival: "Only the Nobel Peace Prize can top this," Ricky ... http://bit.ly/bpCIl7
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The "War card" for a Nobel Peace Prize winner, wow, how great! Give me the prize next time, & I start a huge Global Love War for you all. ♥
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Herta Müller on why Liu Xiaobo should win the Nobel Peace Prize. http://bit.ly/9mr8go
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