Claims of american bias ahead of nobel announcement of Obama, by Sam Woolley, Wall Street Journal, 11/25/13
"The Obama administration had to work with Congress to secure the Nobel prize, and not just by handing it to Martin Luther King Jr.," by Andrew Rosenthal, NYT, 11/25/13
"What the Nobel Laureates do, if anything, is highlight their accomplishments. By standing up for democracy and free speech in the face of the most virulent of criticism, some say, they are elevating their personal lives and the public discourse to a new level."
"On Thursday night, as Martin Luther King Jr. stood on the balcony of the memorial to the civil rights icon to receive the coveted Nobel Peace Prize, activists from around the world celebrated a major milestone, applauding what they see as America's move from a country of few exceptions to one where all individuals of color and other groups are included in the democratic process, no matter their country of origin."
"The Nobel committee's announcement was greeted with a wave of congratulatory clapping from the audience. But the event's biggest victory still lies outside of Washington: As a result, even though only one African-American won the Peace Prize, the honor of having been recognized by one of the world's greatest minds still lies with the entire generation of African-Americans that produced him, Dr. King," the NYT reported, citing a source.
"The Nobel Peace Prize was not awarded for King's legacy, but because of his non-violent approach to ending apartheid in South Africa. While King's actions alone are a remarkable step forward in promoting a just and peaceful, independent Africa, it is also a tribute to one of the world's great thinkers, whose life's work has been to advance the human rights of black people and to elevate civil liberty in the face of tyranny," Nobel committee president John Hannah wrote at the time of the award's announcement in Oslo on June 23.
For a moment, a little bit of humor in this piece: The Nobel committee announced the prize for peace, peace and human rights today, 11/25, according to NPR, and the winner will be announced tomorrow morning.
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Malaysia launches attack to end sabah stand off that killed four
(Updated) Malaysia's military says it has been hit by a series of attacks by Islamic State militants in its east on the eastern coast, while a US official says the threat has risen in recent days to a level that could lead to a military response.
The attacks came as a series of raids by Malaysia's armed forces on IS positions in the eastern parts of the peninsula have begun, officials said.
IS-linked sources reported having killed four local residents.
"They were attacked with rockets. This is the first time they were ambushed, but it appears that the victims were armed because we were able to find weapons," said one commander.
He said three IS militants had been killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday night.
A spokesman for the anti-Isis fighting group Sdn Bhd on Thursday said the fighting in the Kalimantan islands was being led by "Islamic State militants".
The clashes started in the early hours of Thursday and continued overnight, he said. "This is an intensified fighting. We have to stop them from being able to get into the interior as it is so dangerous and there are too many security systems."
Military sources told AFP that the main targets had been IS positions at Sabah, Sarawak and Kota Bharu and the nearby Malacca Strait. The US official said Sdn Bhd had seen no sign of IS fighters having returned to Syria, despite attacks by Russian forces in Syria's Latakia province.
Malaysia, which has been battling a powerful insurgency by rebels for three years, is one of America's key allies in the region.
US officials and politicians have been shocked by what they have described as the Islamic State's "horrific" offensive in the east, which has so far claimed more than 40 lives.
In addition to the Kalimantan islands, the US says several other targets have fallen to IS militants. The militants were able to infiltrate into the neighbouring Chinese city of Luoyang after they seized weapons in southern Thailand.
In the south, they took control of the border town of Pahang, as well as several police posts along the border with the Vietnamese province of Vietnam, the military said, citing intelligence sources.
Malaysia's navy and air force had also struck IS facilities around Sarawak in early Thursday morning, a military spokesman said.
He said the operation in Kota Bharu, some 12km west of Sarawak, was continuing and that the military was investigating links to Malaysia.
Security in a region of some five million people has been tightened by the country's anti-terror measures, which the Malaysian government says targets "foreign radical
