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Can The Internet Really Win The Nobel Peace Prize? 2 years 10 weeks ago

The Internet has been nominated for this year's Nobel Peace Prize. Hey, if Obama and Gore can win it why can't the internet? It has done more to bring people together than either of those two stuffed shirts have ever done or will ever do. But who would the prize go to? Who would stand up and deliver the speech? Can we all download the certificate and pin it to our computer?

What Obama's Nobel Peace Prize Means for the People He Serves 2 years 32 weeks ago

U.S. President Barack Obama obviously didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize for any of his past 'accomplishments' (jobs-well-begun, halfway-done), but rather for the accomplishments We, The People, will help him in accomplishing.
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'Read' below to see what I mean.

Who Won The Nobel Prize in Medicine 2010 1 year 33 weeks ago

In my very humble opinion the Nobel Prize in any field is one, if not the, most prestigious awards in the world. Just mention the Nobel Prize and people think of some monumental accomplishment. Some Nobel accomplishments happen in the past year or two but often they happen over long periods of time. The most recent Nobel award for medicine happened for a feat that began in the 1970's
According to the article that this scoop leads to, the winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize in medicine is Robert Edwards.

Barack Obama and the Nobel Peace Prize, and the debate it has caused 2 years 32 weeks ago

Barack Obama has received the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. Some people feel it is 'too early' others reject the choice, while a few know the criterion for such a prize and why Barack Obama was selected. One must consider the 'temperature' in the world and who has done the most to turn it down.

BlogPost - #Nobel Prize 2010 nominees: who will take the peace prize? 1 year 33 weeks ago

After last year's controversial choice of President Barack Obama for the Nobel peace prize, speculation over this year's Nobel recipients has run wild.

There are 237 nominees this year, including six Chinese dissidents, the radio group Democratic Voice of Burma and the Internet