The multi-million dollar bonuses that American International Group (AIG) is handing over to nameless "executives", after accepting billions in US taxpayer bailout money is, understandably, causing a great deal of alarm in the media and American public in general. This massive misallocation of wealth, and the government's inability or unwillingness

It is high time to have a discussion about this prize and bring it closer to what Alfred Nobel wanted it to be.

Obama should use the moral support of the Nobel prize to bolster his efforts to eliminate nuclear arms in our time.

Johan Galtung reviews the monumental challenges that Barack Obama will face as the 44th president of the United States, as well as the intense support he is likely to receive from his own citizens and the international community.