Nobel Committee Awards Peace Prize to EU - New York Times [dayinformations.blogspot.com]
OSLO â€" The Norwegian Nobel Committee prepared to award its 2012 peace prize on Friday, confronting a world in which civil conflict in Syria threatens to spill across the region, the Afghanistan war grinds into a second decade and earlier hopes of a new era of tranquillity in the Middle East have largely evaporated.
The peace prize climaxes a week in which Nobel institutions have awarded prizes in science and literature that rank among the world’s most coveted emblems of excellence. The prize for economics is to be awarded on Monday.
The Nobel juries are traditionally reticent about their selections, keeping the names of contenders a closely guarded secret, and the peace prize is no exception. Independent forecasters have been unable to agree on a favorite for the 2012 prize.
The deadline for outside nominations was Feb. 1, with Nobel committee members adding their own candidates and closing the list three weeks later. The 231 nominations included 43 organizations.
European bookmakers had given the best odds to Gene Sharp, an American political scientist and theorist of nonviolent resistance; and to a Coptic Christian nun in Egypt, Maggie Gobran, who aids children in Cairo’s slums.  Â
But the Russian human rights group Memorial, former President Bill Clinton and Afghan human rights commissioner Sima Samar have been reported to be among the 2012 nominees. Â Â
Speculation also touched on figures from the Arab Spring, including President Moncef Marzouki of Tunisia and several prominent activist bloggers.
Nigerian religious leaders John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan and Mohamed Sa’ad Abubakar were said to be candidates, along with former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and the European Union.  Â
Last year’s prize was shared by Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian antiwar activist Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman, a democracy activist in Yemen.
The Nobel committee lauded “their nonviolent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participations in peace-building work.â€Â Â
The 2010 prize caused a diplomatic freeze between Norway and China that has yet to thaw. That year’s laureate was Liu Xiaobo, a Chinese human rights campaigner imprisoned for co-authoring a pro-democracy manifesto called Charter 08.  Â
In 2009, the five-member Nobel committee in Oslo selected President Obama less than a year into his term, saying he had “created a new climate in international politics.â€Â Â
The peace prize is one of five awards set up more than century ago by Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel. He specified that Norway’s Parliament should appoint a committee to recognize those who had “done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses.â€Â Â
The other Nobel Prizes, for literature and sciences, are given by Swedish bodies. A prize for economics, to be awarded on Monday, was added in 1968 in memory of Alfred Nobel with funds provided by the Swedish central bank. Â
The 2012 prizes were worth 8 million Swedish kronor, about $ 1.2 million, a reduction from the 10 million kronor that had been standard from 2001 to 2011. The Nobel Foundation has said its investment capital took a sharp hit in the 2008 financial crisis. Â
More Nobel Committee Awards Peace Prize to EU - New York Times Articles Question by Obama W. Bush: Wiki-Leaks why did Obama say, "no big deal it's old information" & the Generals said it's a threat to security? Is it possible that the Commander in Chief has a completely different agenda than the Joint Chief's of Staff. Or 3rd option is both sides lying about the Wiki-Leaks. Best answer for Wiki-Leaks why did Obama say, "no big deal it's old information" & the Generals said it's a threat to security?:
Answer by Michon
Because the organizer is working above his "pay grade " ................
Answer by scott b
What do you EXPECT him to say??
Answer by âˆ'
WikiLeaks are new only to Fox news admirers.
Answer by JW B
No..he did not... "“While I’m concerned about the disclosure of sensitive information from the battlefield that could potentially jeopardize individuals or operations, the fact is that these documents don’t reveal any issues that haven’t already informed our public debate on Afghanistan,†he said. “Indeed, they point to the same challenges that led me to conduct an extensive review last fall.â€" He said that he is concerned about sensitive info that could jeopardize operations, not that it was old info. He said it does not reveal any issues that have not be discussed in the public debate, NOT that it was no big deal or that it was old info, Of course, you just see what you want and hear what you want anyway. http://www.executivegov.com/2010/07/obama-wikileaks-release-contains-no-news/
Answer by Zee-ster
Oh the teleprompter's on the fritz again. Never mind the man behind the curtain. Nothing to see. Nothing to do. Move along now.
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