The betting markets on who will win the Nobel Peace Prize have opened Aung San Suu Kyi as the favourite. She, after-all, won the prize back in 1991 and it would be an amazing thing to win again 20 years later. Can she win again? asks Richard Farmer.
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A peace prize for Julian Assange
Australia’s Prime Minister Julia Gillard might be willing to see Julian Assange end up in a foreign jail but Norwegian lawmaker Snorre Vale thinks he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize, reports Richard Farmer.
Richardson: the empty chair wins a prize
Any PR consultant could have told the Chinese government that the least damaging thing it could do for its own reputation would be to quietly release dissident Liu Xiaobo and allow him to travel to Oslo to accept his Nobel Peace Prize.
Xiaobo’s Nobel win another own goal for China
Chances are democracy advocate Liu Xiaobo would not have won the Nobel Peace Prize if China hadn’t made loud and angry noises warning against it. This is the latest example of how China’s reputation has suffered from its own fierce patriotism, writes Phillip Bowering.
Why the internet should win the Nobel Peace Prize
The internet has fundamentally changed our planet, allowing us to spread outpourings of empathy and altruism throughout the world like never before. Doesn’t that deserve a Nobel nod? asks neuroscientist Jamil Zaki.
Could the internet win a Nobel Peace Prize?
The internet (yes, the series of tubes), has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. Ridiculous? Maybe, but the campaign has some pretty big-name backers, including the editor of Wired and, er, Giorgio Armani.
Obama brings guns and snipers to Oslo — in the name of peace
Oh, the irony, etc. Barack Obama’s visit to Oslo to accept his Nobel Peace Prize has forced the usually peaceful city to arm its police officers, post snipers on rooftops and declare a no-fly zone above the city. Locals are a little peeved.
Five ways Obama can earn his Nobel Prize
Barack Obama has been given an “encouragement award” for peace, says Salon, but here’s five ways he can actually earn it. Start by getting the hell out of Iraq…
Klein: Obama did us proud
Barack Obama’s Nobel “intellectually rigorous and morally lucid”acceptance speech did America proud, says Joe Klein.
Obama accepts Peace Prize… sends 30,000 to war
Barack Obama has accepted his Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, the irony of doing so only a week after announcing a 30k troop surge into Afghanistan lost on nobody.
Let’s create a Reagan Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize is just a charade for left-wing Norwegian politicians to award like-minded liberals, says Jeffrey Lord. Let’s create a new Peace Prize, chosen by Americans, that rewards actual achievers — like George W. Bush and Margaret Thatcher.
Political snippets: Obama should have done a Le Duc Tho
Obama should have knocked back the Nobel Peace Prize — it’s been done before. Plus: unpicking Andrew Bolt, pollsters in a muddle, handouts to grape-growers and more.
Why Neda should have won the Nobel Peace Prize
Barack Obama’s Peace Prize win was almost embarrassing, says The Washington Post. A more deserving winner would have been Neda Agha-Soltan, the young Iran woman killed while protesting the country’s recent Presidential election.
Obama’s done good but not that good…
Barack Obama’s Nobel win acknowledges that he’s changed how Americans deal with the world, particularly the Muslim world and has helped reform the world’s view of the US. But, let’s not forget Afghanistan. Or Iraq.
Encouragement award for Obama
Awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to Barack Obama now may be early, but it’s a strategic act to strengthen his resolve. And it’s definitely not unprecedented. Just look at Desmond Tutu.
Obama’s Nobel Prize: the backlash begins
Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize win has shocked, delighted, outraged and confused the world’s punditry. Did he deserve it? Should he have turned it down? What does it mean for America? The world weighs in.
Who knew? Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Committee has awarded its annual peace prize to President Obama “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples”.
Vietnam takes UN role as monastery is under siege
The world should condemn the fact that 300 Buddhist monks and nuns were forcibly evicted from Prajna Monastery in Bat Nha, six hours drive from Ho Chi Minh City, writes Hoa Pham.
The ten worst recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize
Good intentions aren’t the same as results, negotiations, a ceasefire and peace. David Rothkopf examines the ten most dubious recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize.
Why Twitter deserves the Nobel Peace Prize
Twitter’s role as a window to Iran in the fallout of the country’s presidential election warrants consideration for the Nobel Peace Prize, argues Mark Pfeifle. In other news: a thousand “social media commentators” just wet themselves.
Christmas cheer, public service style, part 1
What’s a nice way to finish off the year? How about being told that the end of the world is nigh? Victorian pencil pushers are being treated to a special kind of Christmas cheer, with this season invitation doing the rounds, writes Christian Kerr.
Al Gore, Nobel laureate: The climate challenge, in his words
“He came, he saw, he helped to save the planet.” Not a bad epitaph, and one that Al Gore might humbly argue against should he achieve his goal of saving the planet from its polluting inhabitants.
State of the planet
Fashion warms to reality of climate change … Will climate change battle win peace prize? … Back to nature: £12m plan to let sea flood reclaimed land and recreate lost habitats … Aussies offered ‘green’ car insurance … Is wine greener from a box or a bottle?
