"I do not feel that I deserve to be in the company of so many of the transformative figures who have been honoured by this prize".

This is what the US President said at the Washington Press Conference after getting the award for the Nobel Prize for Peace. It was also reported that he will donate the accompanied 1.4$ Million  to charity.

Mixed Reactions

Obama cleared in the press conference that he do not view the award as recognition of his accomplishments but rather as affirmation of his leadership on behalf of his people. Archbishop Desmond Tutu however said that the award is "a magnificent endorsement for the first African-American president in history", Many however believed that the award is given prematurely considering the President is just one year in the office. Most of his initiatives for peace can only be realized later.

Taliban Issue


Taliban condemn the award stating that President Barack Obama hasn't made any move to initiate peace in the Afghan region. However, Afghan President Hamid Karzai called the award "appropriate".

From Al-Jazeera News Online:

Turkey and Armenia are set to sign accords to reopen their borders and establish diplomatic ties after decades of bitter relations.
The signing is scheduled for Saturday in the Swiss city of Zurich.
However, protests have been held by Armenians, many of whom believe that Ankara should recognise the mass killing of Armenians by Ottomans during the first world war as genocide.
The Swiss foreign ministry confirmed on Friday that Edward Nalbandian and Ahmet Davutoglu, the respective Armenian and Turkish foreign ministers, would take part in the ceremony.
"The signing ceremony for protocols between the republic of Armenia and the republic of Turkey will occur tomorrow [Saturday] in Zurich," the Swiss foreign ministry announced.
The signing is the culmination of more than a year of Swiss-mediated talks.
Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state; Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister; and Bernard Kouchner, the French foreign minster, are among those due to attend the signing of accords as a show of support.
Nationalist opposition
The protocols would still need ratification by their respective parliaments after being signed.


That endorsement will have to come as nationalists on both sides protest the accords, particularly an Armenian diaspora which is demanding that Turkey acknowledge the killings of 1.5 million Armenians during World War I as genocide.
Turkey has disputed the claims of genocide, with support from the US and UK, saying that the real death toll is lower.
Many Turks see the fighting as a civil war caused by the collapse of the Ottoman Empire during which an unverifiable number of Turks also died - although both sides agree that more Armenians than Turks were killed.
Both governments have majorities in parliament but are expected to hold back on immediately ratifying the protocols due to the opposition.
Anita McNaught, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Karakoyunlu on the Turkey's border with Armenia, said: "These protocols are powerful, but they have no legally enforceable status.
"They are reliant on the goodwill and moral authority of the parties who are the participants in it.
"What happens next is ratification ... they've got to sell this to their people and the politicians.
"If they push it though and they ratify it in parliament we see two things: immediately the establishment of diplomatic relations; then within two months the opening of borders."

Read more at Al-Jazeera (credit goes to Al-Jazeera)

The search continues as rescuers dig through the rubble, Al Jazeera news reported that up to 4000 people were still believed to be trapped underground and inside buildings after an earthquake hit Indonesia last September 30 at a magnitude of 7.6. Rescuers reported that it is still possible to find survivors despite the fourth day being trapped depending on the injuries sustained.

Losing Hope
"Most people here are trapped and buried inside buildings. You cannot hope for more survivors. I think most of them have died." Indonesia's Vice-President Jusuf Kalla told reporters. While one tribal chief told reporters that at least 300 people died. According to Al Jazeera news, at least three villages were wiped out after a hillside collapsed during the earthquake. Mud and trees came tumbling down into the valleys causing absolute devastation.

Statistics rises
Official death toll is at 777 and rising with more than 2000 people being treated at hospitals. Bulding destroyed in the region is now at 20,000.