Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize for 'extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy'October 9th, 2009 In a surprise, Obama wins Nobel Peace PrizeOSLO — President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples," the Norwegian Nobel Committee said, citing his outreach to the Muslim world and attempts to curb nuclear proliferation. The stunning choice made Obama the third sitting U.S.
Barack Obama gets Nobel Prize for PeaceOctober 9th, 2009 LONDON - US President Barack Obama has won the Nobel Peace Prize for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples", it was announced in Oslo Friday. The Norwegian Nobel Committee said it attached special importance to Obama's vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons.
some common, and enduring, misconceptions about the Nobel Peace PrizeOctober 9th, 2009 Common misconceptions about the Nobel Peace PrizeOSLO — An award that generates as much interest as the Nobel Peace Prize is bound to be surrounded by myths. Geir Lundestad, secretary of the secretive committee that awards the prize, outlines for The Associated Press some of the most common misunderstandings:
— Myth: The awards committee announces a shortlist of candidates.
President Barack Obama wins 2009 Nobel Peace PrizeOctober 9th, 2009 President Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace PrizeOSLO — President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples," the Norwegian Nobel Committee said, citing his outreach to the Muslim world and attempts to curb nuclear proliferation. The stunning choice made Obama the third sitting U.S.
Barack Obama gets Nobel Peace PrizeOctober 9th, 2009 LONDON - US President Barack Obama is the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize winner for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples", it was announced in Oslo Friday.
Herta Mueller wins Nobel for LiteratureOctober 8th, 2009 STOCKHOLM - Romanian-born Herta Mueller of Germany has won this year's Nobel Prize for Literature, the Swedish Academy announced in Stockholm Thursday. The Academy's citation said that "with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, (she) depicts the landscape of the dispossessed."
She was born Aug 17, 1953, in the German-speaking town of Nitzydorf, Romania.
Nobel Prize for Chemistry to Ramakrishnan, Steitz, YonathOctober 7th, 2009 STOCKHOLM - Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz and Ada E.
Indian origin scientist wins Nobel Prize in ChemistryOctober 7th, 2009 LONDON - Indian origin senior scientist at the MRC Laborartory of Molecular Biology at Cambridge, Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2009 along with two others. The Nobel Committee announced on Wednesday that the Tamil Nadu born Ramakrishnan shares the Nobel Prize with Thomas E Steitz (US) and Ada E Yonath (Israel) for their "studies of the structure and function of the ribosome".
Excerpts from the citation for the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistryOctober 7th, 2009 Excerpts from Nobel chemistry prize citationExcerpts from the citation awarding the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry to Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas A. Steitz and Ada E.
Kao, Boyle and Smith jointly awarded Nobel for PhysicsOctober 6th, 2009 STOCKHOLM - Charles K. Kao, Willard S.
Excerpts: Citation for 2009 Nobel Prize in physicsOctober 6th, 2009 Excerpts from 2009 Nobel physics prizeExcerpts from the citation awarding the 2009 Nobel Prize in physics to Charles K. Kao, Willard S.
Defense, Agriculture secretaries pay tribute to Nobel laureate Borlaug at memorialOctober 6th, 2009 Gates, Vilsack eulogize Borlaug at memorialCOLLEGE STATION, Texas — Colleagues of Norman Borlaug memorialized the Nobel Peace Prize winner as a great hunger fighter. About 1,000 attended a memorial Tuesday at Texas A&M University for the teacher and scientist.
Three US scientists win Nobel Prize for medicineOctober 5th, 2009 STOCKHOLM - Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak of the US have won this year's Nobel Prize for Medicine, it was announced in Stockholm Monday. The three scientists solved a fundamental problem in biology on "how chromosomes can be copied in a complete way and how they are protected against degradation", the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute said.
Facts about next week's Nobel Prize announcementsOctober 2nd, 2009 Facts about next week's Nobel Prize announcementsThe winners of the 2009 Nobel Prizes will be announced in the next two weeks, starting with the medicine prize on Monday. Here are some brief explanations of how the award winners are picked and announced.
Record 205 nominees for 2009 Nobel Peace PrizeFebruary 28th, 2009 OSLO - A record number of nominations, in all 205, have been made for the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, the Norwegian Nobel Institute said Friday. The tally includes 172 individuals and 33 organisations, besting the 2005 number of 199 nominations.
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