(9 Oct 2009) SHOTLIST
1. Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Thorbjoern Jagland, walks to podium, SOUNDBITE (Norwegian):
"Good morning, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace prize 2009 will go to the US President Barack Obama (gasps of surprise) for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples."
2. Close of podium with Alfred Nobel effigy
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Thorbjoern Jagland, Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee:
(SOUNDBITE CONTINUES INTO NEXT SHOT)
"The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. The Committee has attached special importance to Obama's vision of, and work for, a world without nuclear weapons."
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Thorbjoern Jagland, Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee:
(SOUNDBITE CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS SHOT)
"Obama has, as president, created a new international climate."
5. Close of camera
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Thorbjoern Jagland, Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee:
"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. His diplomacy is founded in the concept that those who are to lead the world must do so on the basis of values and attitudes that are shared by the majority of the world's population."
7. Jagland leaves room
STORYLINE
US President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in a stunning decision designed to encourage his initiatives to reduce nuclear arms, ease tensions with the Muslim world and stress diplomacy and cooperation rather than unilateralism.
Nobel observers were shocked by the unexpected choice so early in the Obama presidency, which began less than two weeks before the February 1 nomination deadline.
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Obama woke up to the news a little before 6 a.m. local time (10 GMT).
He added that Obama plans to donate to charity the 1.4 (m) million US dollar cash award that comes with the prize.
Obama himself later told reporters he was honoured and humbled to win the prize and would accept it as a "call to action" to work with other nations to solve the problems of the 21st Century.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee lauded the change in global mood wrought by Obama's calls for peace and cooperation.
It also recognised initiatives that have yet to bear fruit: reducing the world stock of nuclear arms, easing American conflicts with Muslim nations and strengthening the US role in combating climate change.
"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," said Thorbjoern Jagland, chairman of the Nobel Committee.
Still, the US remains at war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the US Congress has yet to pass a law reducing carbon emissions and there has been little significant reduction in global nuclear stockpiles since Obama took office.
The award appeared to be a slap at President George W. Bush from a committee that harshly criticised Obama's predecessor for his largely unilateral military action in the wake of the September 11 attacks.
Until seconds before the award, speculation had focused on a wide variety of candidates besides Obama: Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, a Colombian senator, a Chinese dissident and an Afghan woman's rights activist, among others.

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