Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize

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Fri, 10/09/2009 - 2:49am

Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize

OSLO (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for giving the world "hope for a better future" and striving for nuclear disarmament.

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