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Nobel Prize to Obama and multilateralism

Friday, October 9th 2009 - 16:56 UTC
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The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced Friday it has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to United States President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. The Committee has attached special importance to Obama's vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons. Read full article

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  • RaderJohnson

    “Obama got the prize not for doing, but for being. Not for making peace, but for exemplifying something new on the world stage -- the politics of dignity.” - Robert Fuller

    Oct 09th, 2009 - 11:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0

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