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Peres, Barak congratulate Barack Obama

President Shimon Peres on Friday sent a letter of congratulations to US President Barack Obama for winning the 2009 Nobel Prize for Peace, telling the American leader that under his leadership, peace became a "real and original agenda." "Very few leaders if at all were able...

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Does Barack Obama deserve for Peace Prize

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Washington:The people of the world are anxious to know by which rule President Obama deserves for Peace prize .Is he deserves for that big prize.what still he has done practically ,to bring peace in the world.Is war in Afghanistan and Iraq has ended.has he brought back American forces from these areas.Has he made any stratagy to eliminate ...

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Fidel Castro calls Obama Nobel Peace Prize a positive step.

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No doubt this will just lead Glenn Beck and other right wing commentators to present this as evidence that Obama is actually a closet communist! Castro is probably right that the award is actually a repudiation of Bush more than recognition of what Obama has actually accomplished. Castro ignores the fact that Obama has been more aggressive than ...

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Barack Obama to follow in Shimon Peres’ footsteps

News Source: War In Context | 2 months ago

You provided the entire humanity with fresh hope, with intellectual determination, and a feeling that there is a lord in heaven and believers on earth. “Under your leadership, peace became a real and original agenda. And from Jerusalem, I am sure...
Diplomacy over confrontation helps Obama win Nobel

News Source: Daily News & Analysis | 2 months ago

The news of Obama bagging the coveted prize came as a stunning surprise to Americans as also to the rest of the world as his name was nowhere in the list of probables or being speculated upon in the run up to the announcement of the Noble Peace Prize.
Peres, Barak congratulate Barack Obama

News Source: Jerusalem Post | 2 months ago

President Shimon Peres on Friday sent a letter of congratulations to US President Barack Obama for winning the 2009 Nobel Prize for Peace, telling the American leader that under his leadership, peace became a "real and original agenda." "Very few...
Israelis Split on Obama Peace Prize

News Source: Israel National News | 2 months ago

IsraelNN.com) United States President Barack Obama had his supporters and detractors among leading Israelis following Friday's announcement that he was the 2009 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. Israeli President Shimon Peres's letter of...
Knesset speaker: Obama's win may force steps on Israel

News Source: Yedioth Ahronoth | 2 months ago

Obama's win may force steps on Israel Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin said US President Barack Obama's winning of the Nobel Peace Prize was peculiar. "If the Nobel Prize should have been given according to his achievements as a politician, I would...
Barak: Nobel Prize will boost chances for peace

News Source: Yedioth Ahronoth | 2 months ago

Nobel Prize will boost chances for peace Defense Minister Ehud Barak congratulated US President Barack Obama for winning the 2009 Noble Peace Prize, expressing hope the award will help boost the peace process. "Israel has a superior interest to...