US leader receives Nobel peace prize
China Daily | Updated: 2009-12-11 07:56
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A bronze statue of US President Barack Obama as a boy was placed at Menteng Park in Jakarta yesterday to inspire children in Indonesia, where he lived as a child. Reuters |
OSLO: US President Barack Obama evoked the cause of a just war yesterday, accepting his Nobel Peace Prize just nine days after sending 30,000 more US troops to war in Afghanistan but promising to use the prestigious prize to "reach for the world that ought to be".
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