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U.S. President Barack Obama makes a statement on the economy and the awarding of the 2016 Olympic Games to Rio de Janeiro in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, October 2, 2009.(Xinhua/Reuters File Photo)
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STOCKHOLM, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced.
Obama was awarded the prize for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between people," news reports from Oslo quoted the committee as saying.
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U.S. President Barack Obama speaks as he awards the National Medal of Science and National Medal of Technology and Innovation to the 2008 recipients at the White House in Washington October 7, 2009. (Xinhua/Reuters File Photo)
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Born in August 1961, Obama is the 44th president of the United States.
A graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, he served three terms in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004 and as a U.S. senator from 2005 to 2008.
Obama won the presidential election in November 2008 and was inaugurated in January 2009.
The winners of Nobel Prizes for medicine, physics, chemistry and literature have been announced in the previous days and the economic prize will be announced next Monday.
The Nobel prizes have been awarded annually since 1901 to those who "conferred the greatest benefit on mankind during the preceding year."
The prizes are usually announced in October and are handed out on Dec. 10, the death anniversary of Alfred Nobel, a Swedish industrialist and the inventor of dynamite.
Each prize consists of a medal, a personal diploma and a cash award of 10 million Swedish kronor (about 1.4 million U.S. dollars).
Hamas says Obama does not deserve Nobel Peace Prize
GAZA, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- Islamic Hamas movement said Friday that U.S. President Barack Obama does not deserve a Noble Peace Prize since he failed to give the Palestinian people their legitimate rights.
Fawzi Barhoum, Gaza Hamas spokesman told Xinhua that "Obama does not deserve this prize," after the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced Obama was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.Full story
Bangladeshi PM greets Obama on winning Nobel Peace Prize
DHAKA, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday congratulated U.S. President Barack Obama on his winning of the Nobel Peace Prize.
In a message of congratulations, Hasina said Obama played a pivotal role in establishing world peace and bringing harmony among the people of different ethnic groups, religions and opinions.Full story
