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...Kofi Annan "It was an unexpected but inspired choice. In an increasingly challenging and volatile world, President Obama has given a sense of hope and optimism to millions around the world...
...Afghan President Hamid Karzai "We congratulate, wholeheartedly, President Obama on the award of this prestigious award. We recognize and commend President Obama's vision and leadership with a hope that peace and normalcy will return to Afghanistan and our region...
...want this prize to add momentum to those plans. But the award also risks adding to the huge burden of expectations that Obama carried when he entered office. The reality of governing has already proved how ridiculous many of those expectations were. (See pictures of Obama's nation of hope...
...government discrimination, from being frozen out of jobs to having their language and religion suppressed. Those grievances and frustrations seemed to boil over this summer, when ethnic riots city of Urumqi left nearly 200 people, mostly Han Chinese, and were answered by a ruthless state crackdown. The Chinese hope, said Libi, "for [the Uighurs'] demise and destruction so that their numbers would decline and Islamic identity would be dissolved." He exhorted fellow Muslims to rise up and aid militant Uighurs, a sign, suggest some observers, that a new arena may be opening for al-Qaeda's project of global jihad...
...Gamely venturing into this sea of snark, a brave minority offers fulsome compliments of Obama and the Nobel Committee's judgment. "Barack Obama? Nobel Prize for Peace? Yes, we can. Good choice. Hope and change should be encouraged," declares @smackfairy. @arkeis says, "Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize! I might just cry with joy *but I won't*. I still believe in him ... but ... it's time to get moving dude." (Read "Why Winning the Nobel Peace Prize Could Hurt Obama...