NewNM - It will not be two years in a row for President Obama, he did not win the Nobel Peace Prize this year; it went to a Chinese dissident who is in jail. Comparison of the 2009 and the 2010 awards? We will leave that to others.From MSNBC.com - OSLO — Imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo was awarded the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for "his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights" — a decision which produced a bitter reaction from the Chinese government. Thorbjoern Jagland, the Norwegian Nobel Committee chairman, said Liu was a symbol for the fight for human rights in China and that its government should expect its policies to face scrutiny as it has transformed into a big power both economically and politically. Read more
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