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2009 Nobel Prize

2009 Nobel Prize

STOCKHOLM - Americans Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak are awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in medicine for work that has implications for cancer and aging research. Ref. USAToday

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Nobel Prize in physics

STOCKHOLM -- The 2009 Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to Charles K. Kao, Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith for breakthroughs involving the transmission of light in fiber optics and inventing an imaging semiconductor circuit, the Associated Press reports. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said all three have American citizenship. Ref. USAToday

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Nobel Prize in chemistry

STOCKHOLM -- Americans Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Thomas Steitz and Israeli Ada Yonath have won the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry for "studies of the structure of the ribosome." The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences says the ribosome translates the DNA code into life. Ref. USAToday

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Nobel Prize in literature

STOCKHOLM -- Romanian-born German writer Herta Mueller has the won the 2009 Nobel Prize in literature. The Swedish Academy said that Mueller "who with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed." Ref. USAToday

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Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize

President Obama has won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples," the Norwegian Nobel Committee said. Ref. USAToday

2009 Nobel Prize

Strange. The Nobel nominations have to be in by February. Obama had only been in office for approximately 2-3 weeks. Seems like, by the way that the phrasing of the awarding of the prize, this was more of a Anti-Bush victory as apposed to a Obama victory.

2009 Nobel Prize

I am shocked and quite disappointed. I don't think he deserved to win and I agree with Vincenzo, it looks more like a slap against Bush than anything else. Even these awards are "arranged"?

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There is a lot of talk globally about Obama and the award, but I'm placing them here: Source 1 in 'his' Thread to keep this one free for the actual winners. I will say this for the actual Nobel Prize though - does this tarnish it's nobility? No longer will it be regarded as much importance because where as some have to work decades trying to create peace before they are awarded, Obama shows up in a few months and gets it. Who makes up the committee that chooses the award anyway?