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Joe Klein

Mideast Peace Would Justify Obama's Nobel

There's consensus on a deal; the president is the guy to get it done

Oct 16, 09 12:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - With his Nobel Prize, President Obama has once again been celebrated and rewarded for who he’s not (George W. Bush) and who he might be. Although Obama’s preferred foreign policy MO—patient diplomacy on many fronts—doesn’t “lend itself to high drama,” that's exactly what... More »

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Barack Obama • Israel • Middle East • Palestine • West Bank • Israel and Palestinians • Nobel Prize • Nobel Peace Prize • Mideast peace

Most of Nobel Panel Objected to Obama Pick

Chairman Thorbjoern Jagland talked fellow voters into selection

Oct 15, 09 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama's Nobel Prize was a tough sell for the chairman of the committee that awarded the honor, with three of the five members initially opposing his selection, anonymous sources tell a Norwegian newspaper. They were persuaded mainly by chairman Thorbjoern Jagland, who strongly backed Obama from the beginning. The... More »

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Barack Obama • Norway • Nobel Prize • Nobel Peace Prize • President Obama • Thornbjoern Jagland • Aagot Valle

 Nobel Jury: 
 Obama Is 
 the Right 
 Choice 

One says of critics: 'Where do these people come from?'

Oct 13, 09 12:58 PM CDT
(AP) - The Nobel panel that gave the peace prize to President Obama is strongly defending its choice amid widespread criticism. "We simply disagree that he has done nothing," said chairman Thorbjoern Jagland. Another of the five panelists said of critics: "Where do these people come from?" The four... More »

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missile shield • Norway • Nobel Prize • Nobel Peace Prize • Mideast peace • President Obama • Nobel laureates • committee • Thornbjoern Jagland

 2 Americans Win 
 Econ Nobel, 
 Including 
 1st Woman 

Professors cited for research into economic governance

Oct 12, 09 6:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Nobel Prize in economics was awarded today to two US professors—one of whom is the first woman ever to win the prize—for their research into decision making in structures outside of markets. Elinor Ostrom, of the University of Indiana, was cited for her study of the commons,... More »

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Israelis, Palestinians Skeptical of Obama Nobel

Israel fears prize will spur president to 'force-feed' them peace deal

Oct 10, 09 6:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama won praise from Israeli and Palestinian leaders after yesterday's surprise Nobel Peace Prize win, but many others on both sides of the conflict expressed puzzlement and wariness. The decision is "very strange," said the speaker of Israel's parliament, adding that he hoped Obama wouldn't now feel... More »

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Israel • Middle East • West Bank • Israel and Palestinians • Nobel Prize • Nobel Peace Prize • President Obama

OPINION

Reagan Would've Applauded Nobel Decision


Oct 9, 09 4:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Republican pundits reacted predictably to news of President Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize. Noting that the committee gave the award on the basis of Obama’s efforts rather than accomplishments, John Bolton noted, “President Reagan called for a world without nuclear weapons; where was his Nobel peace prize?” But... More »

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Barack Obama • Republican • John Bolton • Ronald Reagan • Nobel Prize • Nobel Peace Prize • President Obama

opinion

Obama's Nobel Is the
'Not George W. Bush' Award

He's now the fourth recipient

Oct 9, 09 3:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Nobel Peace Prize President Obama won today is nothing more or less than the “fourth Nobel Prize for Not Being George W. Bush,” writes Michael Grunwald. The other beneficiaries of the NPNBGWB were Jimmy Carter in 2002, for criticizing the Iraq war buildup; Mohamed ElBaradei of the... More »

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climate change • Al Gore • Jimmy Carter • IAEA • Nobel Prize • Nobel Peace Prize • rhetoric • George W. Bush • Mohamed ElBaradei • President Obama • Michael Grunwald

 Six People Irked by 
 Obama's Nobel Prize 

What do Sarkozy, Clinton and the Taliban have in common?

Oct 9, 09 3:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - The decision to award President Obama the Nobel Peace Prize has clearly made some people unhappy, writes Katie Connolly for Newsweek. Here are six of the most peeved:
  1. Nicolas Sarkozy: The French president was also up for the honor but was passed over for someone he’s described as
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Barack Obama • Taliban • Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • Michelle Obama • Nicolas Sarkozy • Bill Clinton • Nobel Prize • Nobel Peace Prize • George W. Bush • Brangelina • President Obama

Limbaugh: Obama Nobel
a Bid to 'Emasculate' US

Rush, fellow conservatives jump all over award

Oct 9, 09 11:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh doesn’t think the Nobel committee members were trying to honor President Obama—he thinks they’re trying to “emasculate" the United States. “With this ‘award’ the elites of the world are urging Obama, THE MAN OF PEACE, to not do the surge in Afghanistan,... More »

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Barack Obama • Rush Limbaugh • Mike Huckabee • Nobel Prize • Nobel Peace Prize • Election 2012 • President Obama • Michael Steele

UPDATED

 Obama: I'm 'Surprised and 
 Deeply Humbled' by Nobel 

President will accept the honor as a 'call to action'

Oct 9, 09 10:42 AM CDT
(AP) - A beaming President Obama says he's honored to win the Nobel Peace Prize but isn't sure he's done enough to earn it. Appearing in the Rose Garden today, Obama acknowledged he was "both surprised and deeply humbled" to win the award. He said he does not "view it... More »

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Barack Obama • Nobel Prize • Nobel Peace Prize • Malia Obama • President Obama • Nobel laureates • First Dog • Bo Obama

nobel reaction

 Carter Likes Nobel Pick, 
 Taliban Not So Much   

Nicolas Sarkozy says something odd about the world's hearts

Oct 9, 09 9:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Not everybody thinks Barack Obama's Nobel prize is a weird choice. Jimmy Carter, who won it himself in 2002, calls it a "bold statement of international support for his vision and commitment." More reaction:
  • Taliban spokesman: "He has done nothing for peace in Afghanistan. We condemn
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(Newser) - It wasn't quite the 3am phone call Hillary Clinton envisioned, but still big news in the White House. Robert Gibbs had to wake up the president before dawn today with news that he'd won the Nobel Peace Prize. "The president was humbled to be selected," said Gibbs, who... More »

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OPINION

 Be Smart, 
 Barack: 
 Turn Down 
 the Prize 


Obama accepting the Nobel will only reinforce right's caricatures

Oct 9, 09 7:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama, Nobel Peace Prize laureate? "They could have awarded it to Kylie Minogue and I wouldn’t have been half as surprised," writes Ben Brogan of the Telegraph, who thinks the "bunch of Scandinavian worthies" have made a silly, self-satisfied choice. Yet while the Norwegians have... More »

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Barack Obama • Nobel Prize • Nobel Peace Prize

NOBEL PRIZE REACTION

 Obama Win 
 Mystifies Both 
 Admirers and 
 Detractors 

What was the committee thinking, given the challenges in Afghanistan and Iraq?

Oct 9, 09 6:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama was in office for just two weeks when the deadline for this year's Nobel Peace Prize passed, yet the first-term president has already got himself the world's most famous award. Detractors and admirers are both scratching their heads.
  • "This is completely bizarre," writes Wall Street
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Barack Obama • Nobel Prize • Nobel Peace Prize

UPDATED

 Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize 

Committee cites president's commitment to disarmament, international institutions

Oct 9, 09 4:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Barack Obama is the surprise winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize, which was awarded "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples." The Norwegian Nobel committee said it attached particular importance to Obama's commitment to nuclear disarmament and his emphasis on the... More »

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Barack Obama • Norway • Nobel Prize • Nobel Peace Prize

(Newser) - With Herta Mueller joining the ranks of Nobel laureates today, it seems like a good time to look back at some of the other literary giants that have been honored since the turn of the century. For a full list of all the winners since 1960, check the AP source.... More »

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Nobel Prize • Doris Lessing • Harold Pinter • Nobel Prize for Literature • Herta Mueller

 German Novelist 
 Herta Mueller 
 Wins Nobel 
 for Literature 

Romanian-born writer explores themes of exile, dictatorship

Oct 8, 09 6:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Nobel Prize in literature was awarded today to Herta Mueller, a Romanian-born German novelist and poet whose work has explored the brutality of life under the Ceausescu dictatorship. Deprived of her job and threatened by the regime, she fled to Germany in 1987. The Land of Green Plums, published... More »

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Germany • literature • novelist • Nobel Prize • Romania • Nobel Prize for Literature • Herta Mueller

Map of Cell's Machinery Wins Chemistry Nobel

Trio of laureates includes first woman
to win prize in 45 years

Oct 7, 09 5:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded today to three scientists who mapped the structure of the ribosome, the part of the cell that reads DNA and uses its information to  create proteins. All three chemists constructed three-dimensional models of the ribosome, using X-ray crystallography to chart hundreds of thousands... More »

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DNA • bacteria • antibiotics • cell • Nobel Prize • chemistry

Digital Pioneers Scoop Physics Nobel Prize

Trio's work on light paved way for Internet, digital cameras

Oct 6, 09 5:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded today to three scientists whose research into light paved the way for the digital age. Charles Kao received the prize for his work on the transmission of light through fiber-optic cables—the basis of modern communication networks. Bell Labs researchers Willard Boyle and... More »

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digital camera • digital photography • physics • light • Nobel Prize • fiber optic cables

3 US Genetics Researchers Win Medicine Nobel

Work in replication of chromosomes may aid cancer treatment

Oct 5, 09 5:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Three American scientists won the Nobel Prize for Medicine today for their work on the replication of chromosomes, which has implications for cancer, aging, and stem cell research. The laureates focused on a string of DNA at the end of chromosomes, called telomeres, and discovered an enzyme that allows dividing... More »

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cancer • medicine • stem cell research • genetics • DNA • Nobel Prize

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