Former Egyptian Foreign Minister and Arab League Secretary-General Esmet Abdel Meguid, who was involved in Middle East peace talks for many years, said that Mr.Obama's award appears to be a positive development for peace in the region.

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The elevation of reform of our broken monetary system to a bi-partisan economic issue may be the biggest positive development of the next two years.

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The Vatican does not often react to science in the news this rapidly, and certainly not to be as positive as it was about a ground-breaking development in the emerging field of synthetic biology.

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According to the report, whilst more needs to be done, the government is making positive progress with its sustainable development work.

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