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- Date: October 9, 2009
- Location: Oslo, Norway
- 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
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The Nobel Foundation anounced on October 9, 2009, that U.S. 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/
Other named candidates were Morgan Tsvangirai from Zimbabwe, Piedad Cordoba from Colombia, Hu Jia from China, Ingrid Betancourt from France and woman's rights activist Simi Samar from Afghanistan.http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iAekET4T1D_vzDMN4JW_xZyvgezAD9B7FOR00
The Nobel Peace Prize is the one of five Nobel Prizes awarded by the Nobel Foundation of Stockholm, Sweden. 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
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Nobel Chairman Explains Decision
Nobel Prize chairman Thorbjorn Jagland is interviewed about the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize and why it was awarded to Barack Obama. Jagland explains that in the little time that Obama has been on the world stage he has done more than many in regards to achieving Alfred Nobel's criteria for the reward, which includes: Fraternity among nations, the holding of peace conferences and the reduction in standing armies and nuclear arms.
epicurus added a comment October 11, 2009 02:16 AM| ReportNew order for peace is now in making, let us all hope that it shall become a reality. Prosperity follows after Peace
xds added a comment December 10, 2009 04:49 PM| ReportI think obama is supposed to give a speech today about his award. -
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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 -
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