News Source: Zawya Regional
| about 1 month ago
The choice of Barack Obama on Friday as the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 has drawn mixed reaction and editorial comments by UAE English language newspapers, as it did elsewhere around the world, about the validity of the Nobel...
News Source: Pallladium Item
| about 1 month ago
Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize might also be named the Nobel Change Prize. It was the final vote of the 2008 presidential election -- this one cast out of Europe, where Obama has been more popular than he is at home. The Norway-based Nobel...
News Source: The Daily Telegraph
| about 1 month ago
Minister Kevin Rudd has praised Barack Obama's "great leadership" after the US president won the Nobel Peace Prize. Mr Obama is just nine months into his presidency and critics say he has not yet done enough to deserve the prestigious award. But...
News Source: Washington Post
| about 1 month ago
From a boardroom in Oslo, five Norwegians handpicked by their nation's parliament are kingmakers of the highest sort, each year honoring at least one individual or group for landmark achievements worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize. Their decision to...
News Source: Sydney Morning Herald
| about 1 month ago
A visibly surprised Obama, 48, said he did not feel fit to join the honor roll of revered Nobel peace laureates, but vowed to use the prize as a "call to action" to lead the world in confronting its deepest challenges. As shockwaves from the Nobel...
News Source: The Scotsman
| about 1 month ago
Obama declared he was "surprised and deeply humbled" after it was announced he had won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize less than nine months into his presidency. The US president said he did not feel he deserved the honour, which he was awarded for "his...