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First woman wins Nobel Prize for economics
Americans Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson won the Nobel Prize for economics for work on how community institutions can prevent conflict, the Nobel Committee announced Monday. Ostrom becomes the first woman to win the prize in its 40-year history
Will the Nobel Prize Help Obama Make Peace?
President Barack Obama made time for a brief statement about his Nobel Peace Prize award on Friday, before heading in to a more pressing engagement — a high-powered White House strategy session on the next phase of his war in Afghanistan. That was just one indication that this year’s peace prize was, as Obama himself put it, honoring aspiration rather than achievement
Commentary: Nobel for Obama is premature
Usually, when a president wins the Nobel Peace Prize, it is uniformly seen as a positive development for America and for the world.
Why Winning the Nobel Peace Prize Could Hurt Obama
The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the most powerful platforms in the world. Winners get immediate global attention and the chance to meet and influence leaders and governments everywhere
Why Obama Deserves the Prize: Wangari Maathai and Muhammad Yunus
The Committee that awards the Nobel Peace Prize likes springing surprises. When Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai won in 2004, the Committee explicitly linked peace with concerns about the state of our planet’s ecology, a concept that was familiar in environmental circles but which was rarely discussed elsewhere.
The Limits of Humility: Obama’s Well-Judged Acceptance
It wasn’t Barack Obama’s fault that the Nobel committee awarded him the Peace Prize, and it needs little imagination — looking at the first reactions to the honor in the U.S., which were hardly positive — to believe that the award was one that he would rather not have had granted.
Obama awarded 2009 Nobel Peace Prize
President Obama was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. The first African-American to win the White House, Obama was praised by the Norweigan Nobel Committee for “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.” “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 committee said
Odd facts about Nobel Prize winners
It’s Nobel Prize announcement week, and if you had Carol W. Greider, Elizabeth Blackburn, or Jack Szostak in your office pool, you’re off to a good start (the trio will share this year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine).
Myanmar allows Suu Kyi to meet diplomats
Myanmar’s military junta allowed pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to meet Friday with three diplomats — from the United States, Britain and Australia, according to her spokesman and a government official.