Nobel Peace Prize: Who Will Win? The Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded in Oslo, Norway on Friday at 11 a.m. local time – that's 5 a.m. in New York – and while there is no clear frontrunner, a few names have emerged as the top contenders.
Nobel Peace Prize: Who Will Win?
The Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded in Oslo, Norway on Friday at 11 a.m. local time – that's 5 a.m. in New York – and while there is no clear frontrunner, a few names have emerged as the top contenders.
And the results are in! VIDEO: http://news.bbc.co.uk/...
Press conference explaining why they awarded Pres Obama:
Video from Russia Today including comments from Peter Lavelle:
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. The laureate - chosen by a five-member committee - wins a gold medal, a diploma and 10m Swedish kronor ($1.4m).
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.
The laureate - chosen by a five-member committee - wins a gold medal, a diploma and 10m Swedish kronor ($1.4m).
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The first President to win the Nobel Peace Prize was Theodore Roosevelt in 1906. He won it because he drew up the peace treaty between Russia and Japan in 1905.
The last sitting President to be awarded the Peace Prize was Thomas Woodrow Wilson, founder of the League of Nations (Société des Nations).