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Nobel Peace Prize
A community portal about Nobel Peace Prize with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The Nobel Peace Prize is the name of one of five Nobel Prizes bequested by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. Nobel... [more]
A community portal about Nobel Peace Prize with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The Nobel Peace Prize is the name of one of five Nobel Prizes bequested by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. Nobel died in 1896 and did not leave an explanation for his choice of this Nobel prize category. The categories for chemistry and physics were obvious choices as he was a trained chemical engineer. The reason behind the peace prize is less clear. Some have said it was Nobel's way to compensate for developing destructive forces. However it is to be noted that none of his explosives, except for ballistite, were used in any war during his lifetime. According to Nobel's will, the Peace Prize should be awarded "to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between the nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses".
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First, Obama gets a Nobel Peace Prize for nothing; now, a tae kwon do black belt after zero kicks November 19, 2009 Even President Obama himself during his just-concluded trip to Asia admitted that he was surprised to receive the Nobel Peace Prize earlier this year without actually producing any peace. In fact, the rookie American president ordered his own troop surge, boosting U.S. troops fighting in Afghanistan to 68,000. Now, the Democrat...
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The most recent presidential Nobel Prize winner is Jimmy Carter, who won it in 2002, well after his presidency. Carter was awarded this honor for his decades of work for international peace: The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2002 to Jimmy Carter, for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and...
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Alfred Nobel's will stated that the prize should be awarded by a committee of five people elected by the Norwegian Parliament.
Alfred Nobel's will stated that the prize should be awarded by a committee of five people elected by the Norwegian Parliament.
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