Obama wins 2009 Nobel Peace Prize

[ecce homo]

Obama wins 2009 Nobel Peace Prize

US President Barack Obama has won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.

The Nobel Committee said he was awarded it for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and co-operation between peoples".

There were a record 205 nominations for this year's prize. Zimbabwe's prime minister and a Chinese dissident had been among the favourites.

The laureate - chosen by a five-member committee - wins a gold medal, a diploma and 10m Swedish kronor ($1.4m).

"Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world's attention and given its people hope for a better future," the Norwegian committee said as the prize was announced.

"His diplomacy is founded in the concept that those who are to lead the world must do so on the basis of values and attitudes that are shared by the majority of the world's population."

BBC News

[Jean]

What peace ?

[ecce homo]

Originally Posted by John A

What peace ?

He got it for his will to change and his speaches and not for what he has achieved... That's something really new...

[Hye4Lebanon]

I promise you, I will create a time machine.

Now let me have Nobel prize for physicstologysticswhatchamacallit

[coralie]

Originally Posted by ecce homo

He got it for his will to change and his speaches and not for what he has achieved... That's something really new...

ya niyelna ! wein biyosorfouhon holeh ????

so now thats what nobel peace prize is all about ?
they should change the name of this nobel and call it " nobel prize for good intentions and exelent vocabulary"

crazy world !

[ohyeah]

WHY?

What did he done?

[ecce homo]

Originally Posted by coralie

ya niyelna ! wein biyosorfouhon holeh ????

so now thats what nobel peace prize is all about ?
they should change the name of this nobel and call it " nobel prize for good intentions and exelent vocabulary"

crazy world !

Some argue that he should have received the literature price instead it would be more suitable.

[ecce homo]

The pressure is on:

AFP Le Nobel doit inciter Obama à mettre fin à l'injustice, selon l'Iran TEHERAN - L'attribution du prix Nobel de la paix au président américain Barack Obama doit l'inciter à oeuvrer en vue de mettre fin à l'injustice dans le monde, a déclaré vendredi à l'AFP un conseiller du président Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dans une première réaction iranienne. "Nous espérons que cela (la récompense) l'incitera à emprunter la voie qui apportera la justice dans le monde", a indiqué Ali Akbar Javanfekr. "Nous ne sommes pas contrariés et nous espérons qu'en recevant ce prix, il commencera à entreprendre des démarches concrètes en vue de mettre fin à l'injustice dans le monde", a-t-il ajouté.

Was the Nobel committee smart in its choice?

[Salome]

Now he has to live up to this title he was granted in beforehand he achieved any breakthrough in peace negotiations...kind of weird

[jnooobi]

it was out of him and owsama bin laden, it came down to who had killed more civillians