U S leads Nobel wins after science prizes
The United States dominates Nobel prizes, with nine of eleven winners American as nine of the five prizes already awarded go to US recipients. Obama wins the peace prize, joining Roosevelt and Wilson as sitting presidents to win. European funding and ambition face US competition as science underpins global prestige.
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Stockholm
United States
America
Obama
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Jimmy Carter
al Gore
Philip Roth
Joyce Carol Oates
Herta Mueller
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
U.S
Gunnar Oquist
Europe
Associated Press
Alan Leshner
American Association For the
Advancement of Science
Jeremy Berg
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Bethesda
Gunnar Karlstrom
Lund University
Sweden
Ulf Lagerkvist
University of Gothenburg
American Congress
Asia
Britain
Nobel Foundation
Berg
GOP using Obama's Nobel Prize to fundraise
Republicans use Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize to solicit funds. RNC chair Michael Steele calls the award meaningless, urging $25 to $1,000 contributions while attacking Democrats and global redistribution. Medvedev welcomes prize as boost to U.S. Russian cooperation. Fidel Castro and Jacob Zuma offer mixed reactions.
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Russia
Barack Obama
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GOP
Michael S. Steele
Republican National Committee
Dmitry Medvedev
Medvedev
Steele
RNC
America
Republican Party
Fidel Castro
George W. Bush
South Africa
Jacob Zuma
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