Thursday, December 10, 2009

Obama receives Nobel Peace Prize

US President Barack Obama on Thursday said the nonviolence practiced by such leaders as Mahatma Gandhi and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. should be a guiding force. He was making a speech after he accpted the Nobel Peace Prize in a glittering ceremony here this evening.Obama with a touch of humility said, “I receive this honour with a deep breath as there are many others more deserving of the same." In the beginning of the speech, the US President defended the anti-war strategy of the US which is being supported by other nations including Norway.

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