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As congratulations poured in Friday, White House officials said they were surprised by the Nobel committee's decision. Reaction was mixed in parts of the Arab and Muslim world.

President Obama has won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize for his international diplomacy efforts. Steven Inskeep talks with the 1986 winner of the prize, Elie Wiesel, about his new fellow laureate. Wiesel says he was surprised by the Norwegian Nobel Committee's decision.

President Obama's stunning Nobel Peace Prize win may help solidify his international reputation and cement the prize committee's clear desire to repudiate former President George W. Bush.

President Obama has won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples," the prize committee said. It's not unheard of for a sitting American president to win the prize: Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson won while in office — but not in their first year.

The president won the peace prize for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples," the Norwegian Nobel Committee said. The choice shocked Nobel observers because Obama took office less than two weeks before the Feb. 1 nomination deadline.

The pressure to be perfect may be keeping young girls from discovering their true selves. We welcome back author Rachel Simmons to These Days to discuss her new book THE CURSE OF THE GOOD GIRL: Raising Authentic Girls with Courage and Confidence.

A senior U.S. official in Geneva calls the meeting of six Western nations with Iranian envoys the beginning of an "extraordinarily difficult process" and says Iran must address suspicions about its nuclear aspirations. Iranians, however, want wide-ranging talks and insist they won't discuss the issue if it veers beyond a general conversation about nuclear technology.

Iran must open its newly disclosed nuclear enrichment facility to international inspectors within two weeks, the president said — hours after Iran indicated it was willing to do so soon.

Iran's foreign minister, Manouchehr Mottaki, tells NPR's Steve Inskeep that a new uranium enrichment facility is being constructed to produce fuel for the country's nuclear power plants. It was revealed last week that Iran has been building the previously unknown facility for the past several years.

There were balloons, butterflies and flowers to signify optimism and, when diplomatic talks were going slowly, crabs and turtles to indicate frustration.