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...NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen "I warmly congratulate President Obama on winning the Nobel Peace Prize. President Obama has made extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples...
...several Twitterers suspect that the Nobel Prize may hinder Obama from doing just that by galvanizing his opponents at home and ratcheting up the unrealistic expectations he's been trying to downplay since he entered the White House. Here's @alexevansuk again: "I can hardly wait for reactions on US conservative blogs." Another Twitter regular says, "If the Nobel Committee deliberately set out to sabotage Obama, they couldn't have done it better." Actually, that was me. I'm sure many others will have made much the same point by now. Twitter often reminds users how many different viewpoints there...
...Martti Ahtisaari, 2008 Nobel Peace Prize winner "We do not yet have a peace in the Middle East ... this time it was very clear that they wanted to encourage Obama to move on these issues. This is a clear encouragement to do something on this issue. I wish him good luck...
...Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader and 1990 Nobel Peace Prize winner "I am happy. What Obama did during his presidency is a big signal - he gave hope. In these hard times, people who are capable of taking responsibility, who have a vision, commitment and political will, should be supported...
...Rebiya Kadeer, the Uighur leader who had been tipped for the prize "I am very happy that he got it. Now he has to do something with the award. It raises expectations on him to stand up for oppressed nations...