"On the Transmigration of Souls" earned a Pulitzer Prize as well as three Grammy Awards.

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Global reaction was swift and varied. U.N.Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon described the peace prize as "great news".

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"I was initially surprised by the news, because I usually expect older people, with longer experience in the peace process, but I took President Obama's winning of the prize as a promise for the future, as much as it is for his approach in the past.

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But MIT's John Tirman says the Nobel Peace Prize is different from the other Nobel awards, such as chemistry or literature.

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The conflicts weigh on President Obama as he prepares to join the ranks of Nobel Peace Prize recipients men and women like Nelson Mandela;

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The president has admitted as much. He says sometimes the Nobel Prize is awarded not to honor specific achievement, but to give momentum to a set of causes.

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The president has admitted as much, saying that sometimes the Nobel Prize is awarded not to honor a specific achievement, but to give momentum to a set of causes.

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The war weighs on President Obama as he joins the distinguished ranks of Nobel Peace Prize recipients men and women such as Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King,Jr., and Aung San Suu Kyi.

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