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Barack Obama 44th President of the United States has won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and co-operation between peoples.
"Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world's attention and given its people hope for a better future," the Norwegian committee said in a statement.

Nations Online: We think this man deserves all our support because no man can change the world alone. You can make a difference.
Let's make this world a better place for all, let's start to do the undoable, step, by step, by step. Yes we can.
To see what's possible read Profiles in Courage describing acts of bravery and integrity by eight US Senators who crossed party lines and/or defied the public opinion of their constituents to do what they felt was right and suffered severe criticism and losses in popularity because of their actions.
By the way it's a 1955 Pulitzer Prize-winning book attributed to John F. Kennedy.
 
     
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Chinese New Year Bangkok
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Myanmar, Burma
Buddha image, Yangon, Burma
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profile Airports and Airlines
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great site World's Top Travel Destinations
World's Top Tourism Destinations by various categories.

Travel Safety Advice
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First, Second and Third World
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World Resources Report 2008

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Press Freedom
A worldwide index of countries according to their respect for press freedom. have a look at the to Press Freedom Index.

The Internet under Surveillance
Obstacles to the free flow of information online.
The Internet is the bane of all dictatorial regimes, but even in democracies, new anti-terrorism laws have tightened government control of it and undermined the principle of protecting journalistic sources. ... read more

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