"In a stunning surprise, the Nobel Committee announced Friday that it had awarded its annual peace prize to President Obama 'for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples' less than nine months after he took office," the New York Times reports. Said the committee: "He has created a new international climate."Washington Post: "The committee's decision to choose Obama from among 205 nominees appears in part to be a rebuke to the Bush administration's unilateral approach to world bodies and alliances, most notably in its decision to go to war in Iraq without U.N.