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Analysis: Peace Prize Awarded Based on Achievement or Aspirations

Source: Washington Post
Tehrān : Iran | 2 months ago  
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Only two other sitting presidents have won the Nobel peace prize, and they both won it for actual achievements. Theodore Roosevelt won in 1906 for his role in ending the Russo-Japanese war and Woodrow Wilson won in 1919 for founding the League of Nations and helping...
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  • News Source: Times of Oman | 2 months ago
    US President Barack Obama’s initiative to hold unconditional dialogue with Tehran is the main reason he won the Nobel Peace Prize, leading Iranian reformist daily Etemad said on Saturday "Iran's share in Obama receiving peace prize," said the...
  • News Source: The Guardian | 2 months ago
    More No-Bush than Nobel He may not have done all the work yet, but the Nobel peace prize recognises Obama's imaginative and energetic diplomacy At first glance, Obama's Nobel peace prize looks like a "Thanks For Not Being Bush" award. The deadline...
  • News Source: Washington Post | 2 months ago
    Only two other sitting presidents have won the Nobel peace prize, and they both won it for actual achievements. Theodore Roosevelt won in 1906 for his role in ending the Russo-Japanese war and Woodrow Wilson won in 1919 for founding the League of...
  • News Source: The Age | 2 months ago
    Wilson's "Fourteen points" laid the foundations of the League of Nations, the predecessor of today's United Nations...Brandt, a social democrat, was awarded the prize for his "Ostpolitik", or policy of reconciliation with East Germany...The two...
  • News Source: Seattle Times | 2 months ago
    Originally published Friday, October 9, 2009 at 4:53 AM Nobel winners cited for ongoing or recent work - 1978: egyptian president anwar al-sadat and israeli prime minister menachem begin for middle east peace efforts, specifically the camp david...
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  • Blog Source: blog.taragana.com
    Nobel winners cited for ongoing or recent work— 1978: egyptian president anwar al-sadat and israeli prime minister menachem begin for middle east peace efforts, specifically the camp david peace accords signed on sept. Nobel Prize ...
  • Blog Source: www.globalpost.com
    The Nobel Prizes are being announced in Oslo. The Nobel Peace Prize will be announced Friday. Nobel prize winners could include Piedad Cordoba.
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    Well, well, well....: President Barack Obama made history again Friday, winning the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize for his "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples The Norwegian Nobel ...
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    US President Barack Obama was named the recipient of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday: "For his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples." extra description.
  • Blog Source: environment.about.com
    Joseph Romm, the editor of Climate Progress and a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, had a different take on Obama's Nobel Prize in a piece he wrote for Grist.org: "While some may argue that this award is premature, ...
  • Blog Source: kristof.blogs.nytimes.com
    Barack Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize? Seems a bit premature to me.
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