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The WikiLeaks site was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011, said a Norwegian parliamentarian Snorre Valen, author of the proposal, a day after the end of the deadline for applications. The Norwegian Nobel Committee accepted until February 1, the nominations for the prize regarded by many as a major honor in the world, although the five members [...]

There have been great people who deserved the Nobel Peace Prize more than Henry Kissinger or Yasir Arafat but, then again, the award-giving Norwegian Nobel Committee reserves the right to choose. Here are some of those who missed the rightful glory. Gandhi should have been an obvious winner. Who to better embody the spirit of peace than the most famous [...]

John J. Miller who writes for the National Review and the Wall Street Journal, and is a contributing editor of Philanthropy magazine, calls Obama’s award as ‘The Empty Nobel.’ He says, “Obama isn’t the first American president to win the Nobel Peace Prize, but he’s the first to win it without having accomplished anything.’ He [...]

Eight months into his presidency and US President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. Amidst all criticism against the honor being bestowed on him, he says he will accept the award as a ‘call to action.’ He also said he was humbled to have been selected. Obama was not among the front-runners for the award. Many people were surprised [...]

Detractors to Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize think that his award is a ‘mockery of an already fairly discredited process’ because they deem him with no achievements thus far into his few months in the presidency. “They could have awarded it to Kylie Minogue and I wouldn’t have been half as surprised,” says Ben Brogan of the Telegraph. [...]

‘For his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples,’ US President Barack Obama is ‘the surprise winner of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize.’ The Nobel committee in Norway awards ‘Obama’s commitment to nuclear disarmament and his emphasis on the role of the United Nations.’ According [...]