Articles > Reference > News Wires, White Papers, and Books > US Fed News Service, Including US State News news wires > October-December 2009 > Monday, October 12

Article: MAYOR NICKELS ISSUES STATEMENT ON NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

Article from:
US Fed News Service, Including US State News
Article date:
October 12, 2009
Copyright

SEATTLE, Oct. 9 -- The office of the Seattle Mayor issued the following news release:

Mayor Greg Nickels today released this statement on President Obama receiving the Nobel Peace Prize.

"Winning the Nobel Peace Prize is an incredible achievement for President Obama and a truly wonderful moment for the entire nation. We elected a man who inspired us to embrace higher aspirations for ourselves and our country. He has now inspired the rest of the world, too. There is much work left to be done, as President Obama has ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

(FILE PHOTO) Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter Wins Nobel ...
Getty Images;  October 11, 2002 ;     263 words ... ... October 11, 2002 that Carter was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2002. (Photo by Robert Giroux/Getty Images ... President,politics,politician,political,Nobel Peace Prize,nobel peace,navy,navy,naval,Jimmy Carter,hand arm ...

Article: Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize for 2009.
Asian News International;  October 12, 2009 ;     600 words ... ... been surprisingly given the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 for his extraordinary ... 1.4 million dollars. The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded 90 times to ... the Red Cross was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1917, 1944 and 1963, and ...

Article: Americans' Views on Obama and the Nobel Peace ...
Gallup Poll News Service;  October 23, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... President Obama did not deserve the Nobel Peace Prize, but as many Americans say ... Barack Obama deserved to win the Nobel Peace Prize (61%), but the public is ... Obama had received the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize caught the world by surprise ...

Article: Nobel Peace Prize
International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences;      700+ words ...Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize is an annual award established by Alfred Nobel and, according ... nuclear disarmament have been frequent recipients of the prize. Nobel Peace Prize recipients 1901- Henry Dunant (Switzerland), Fr é ...

Article: Recent Nobel Peace Prize Winners
AP Online;  October 12, 2001 ;     436 words ...The Associated Press AP Online 10-12-2001 Recent Nobel Peace Prize Winners Nobel Peace Prize winners since 1973: ---------- 2001 -- The United Nations and Secretary-General Kofi Annan ...

Article: CLIMATE-MODEL DATA EARNS NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 19, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... has paid off in the form of a Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee last Friday decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in ... delighted that the award of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize to the IPCC recognizes the contributions ...

Nobel peace prize laureate Martti Ahtisaari (L) and ...
Getty Images;  December 10, 2008 ;     249 words ... ... Getty Images 12-10-2008 Nobel peace prize laureate Martti Ahtisaari ... Full Size JPG (1431 KB) Nobel peace prize laureate Martti Ahtisaari (L) and the Norwegian Nobel Peace Prize Committee attend the Nobel peace ...

Article: A 'pebble' then, a peace prize now. (1996 ...
U.S. News & World Report;  October 21, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... That cause got a boost last week as the two principal advocates of peace in East Timor were jointly awarded the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize. One is the bishop of the predominantly Roman Catholic region, Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, 48. A native son who ...

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!

Find articles, research, and archives