France: Nobel Choice Restores US Standing in the World

Most European leaders hailed the Nobel committee's choice of President
Obama for the peace prize, with many saying the gesture should encourage
people worldwide to work for nuclear disarmament and resolve regional
disputes.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy said the Nobel honor is a tribute to
Mr. Obama's commitment to "tolerance and dialogue between states,
cultures and civilizations."

The French leader said the choice of Mr. Obama confirms the "return of
America into the hearts of the people of the world."

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the peace prize is "an incentive to
the president and to us all" to do more for peace and, especially, to do
more to remove the threat of nuclear weapons.

Last year's peace laureate, former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari,
said he believes the Nobel committee was trying to spur Mr. Obama to
concentrate on settling the Israeli-Palestinian dispute, which he said
is in the spirit of the will of the prize's founder, industrialist
Alfred Nobel.







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