Barack Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize

Barack Obama has won this year’s Nobel Peace Price “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples,” the annual award’s committee announced Friday morning in Oslo. “He has created a new international climate,” said their statement.

The selection of the President, 48, is considered a stunning surprise, as his name had not been heard in speculation surrounding the choice of this year’s honoree. But, said the committee, “We are awarding Obama for what he has done. Many other people and leaders and nations have to respond in a positive way” to President Obama’s diplomacy.
In his nearly nine months in office, President Obama has appealed for reductions in nuclear arsenals and is seeking to restart peace talks.

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