News Source: The Australian
| about 1 month ago
Obama should have been "man enough" to refuse the Nobel Peace Prize, former foreign minister Alexander Downer writes today. The decision by the Nobel Peace Prize Committee in Norway, announced last Friday, to award the prize to Mr Obama, based on a...
News Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| about 1 month ago
Former foreign minister Alexander Downer has taken aim at the Nobel Peace Prize committee over its decision to award the latest prize to US President Barack Obama. Mr Downer described the decision 'a farce' and said Mr Obama should have refused to...
News Source: The Australian Jewish News
| about 1 month ago
US President Barack Obama … Nobel Prize could boost peace process. The chairman of the Nobel Peace Prize committee cited US President Barack Obama’s outreach to the Muslim world and his push for Israeli-Arab peace in explaining its decision to...
News Source: Uinta County News
| about 1 month ago
Geir Lundestad, secretary of the committee, said the US president fulfilled the criteria set out in Alfred Nobel’s will better than most winners for his commitment to multilateral diplomacy, nuclear arms reduction and tackling climate change. “We...
News Source: The Age
| about 1 month ago
Indian artist Sudarsan Pattnaik and his sand sculpture of Barack Obama on a beach in Puri, India. Photo: AFP The head of the Nobel Peace Prize committee has defended its decision to give the award to US President Barack Obama, saying his work so far...
News Source: Sify News
| about 1 month ago
The bestowing of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 on US President Barack Obama is been seen as the Western world's repudiation of the presidency of his predecessor George W...As word of the stunning Nobel Peace Prize selection sank in, Americans...