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During the week, the Nobel Prize committee in Stockholm announced the winners of the Nobel Prizes in Medicine, Physics, Chemistry and Literature.

On Monday, the winners of the Nobel Prize in Medicine were announced. The prize is shared by Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak for “the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase”. Medicine 2009

On Tuesday, the winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics were announced. 1/2 of the prize goes to Charles K. Kao “for groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication”. 1/4 of the prize goes to Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith “for the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit – the CCD sensor”. Physics 2009

On Wednesday, the winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry were announced. The prize goes to Venkatraman Ramakrishnan,Thomas A. Steitz and Ada E. Yonath “for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome”. Chemistry 2009

The winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature was announced on Thursday. The prize goes to Herta Müller “who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed”. Literature 2009

The winner of the Prize in Economic Science will be announced on Monday 12th at 1 p.m. Economic Science 2009

The Nobel Prize for Medicine, Physics, Literature, Chemistry and Economic Sciences Awards Ceremony will take place on December 10th in Stockholm, Sweden. The Award is handed out by Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf.

A thread in the Swedish Forums can be found here: Nobel Prize 2009.

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Today the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced that the Nobel Peace Prize 2009 goes to US President Barack Obama. He recieves the prize “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples”.

You can read the official announcement here: Nobel Peace Prize 2009.

The Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony will take place in Norway’s capital Oslo on December 10th. The prize is annually handed out by King Harald V of Norway. The award ceremony is attended by all members of the Royal House of Norway.

A thread in the Norwegian Forums can be found here: Nobel Peace Prize 2009.

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 This Website has asked people from the Middle East and Africa (MEA) to nominate one out of five of the nominess whom they think most deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. The nominees have been chosen from different MEA countries: King Abdullah, Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Misned, Chairman of Qatar’s Board of Education, Science and Community Development and the wife of the Emir of Qatar; Dr. Albert Dagher, Professor of Economics at Lebanese University; Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Emir of Qatar, and Majeda Al-Roumi, well-known Lebanese singer who has recorded many popular songs on the theme of peace.

King Abdullah currently receiving more than 100,000 votes, which is more than any other candidate. Varioues websites have pointed out that King Abdullah deserves to win the Nobel Peace Prize because he is well-known as the humanitarian king, who, as a man of peace, has initiated constructive dialogues between faiths that allow peoples and nations to rediscover their shared ideals, combat evil and provide mankind with a just, secure and prosperous future.

Haifa’a Khalid, Saudi journalist and creator of the Saudi Divorce Initiative website, voted for King Abdullah because of his effective role in supporting Saudi women and oppressed families.” He deserves to win the Nobel Peace Prize because of his efforts to support Saudi women. Women have received many of their rights because of him and we look forward to his support in the future.”

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