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Calculated Shard: 162 (from laksa126)

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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa162.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://mississippitoday.org/2024/10/09/2009-barack-obama-nobel-peace-prize/\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://mississippitoday.org/2024/10/09/2009-barack-obama-nobel-peace-prize/\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

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As President, Obama called for a new start to relations between the Muslim world and the West based on common interests and mutual understanding and respect. In accordance with a promise he made during his election campaign, he set in motion a plan for the withdrawal of U.S. occupying forces from Iraq.” \nNobel officials also praised his support for a “world free from nuclear weapons.” \nHe was the third African American to win the award. The previous winners were Martin Luther King Jr. and Ralph Bunche.\nSenior Investigative Reporter\nThe stories of investigative reporter Jerry Mitchell have helped put four Klansmen and a serial killer behind bars. His stories have also helped free two people from death row, exposed injustices and corruption, prompting investigations and reforms as well as the firings of boards and officials. 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As President, Obama called for a new start to relations between the Muslim world and the West based on common interests and mutual understanding and respect. In accordance with a promise he made during his election campaign, he set in motion a plan for the withdrawal of U.S. occupying forces from Iraq.” \\<\/p\\> \\<p\\>Nobel officials also praised his support for a “world free from nuclear weapons.” \\<\/p\\> \\<p\\>He was the third African American to win the award. 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As President, Obama called for a new start to relations between the Muslim world and the West based on common interests and mutual understanding and respect. In accordance with a promise he made during his election campaign, he set in motion a plan for the withdrawal of U.S. occupying forces from Iraq.” \</p\> \<p\>Nobel officials also praised his support for a “world free from nuclear weapons.” \</p\> \<p\>He was the third African American to win the award. The previous winners were Martin Luther King Jr. and Ralph Bunche.\</p\> \<p\>This \<a target="\_blank" href="https://mississippitoday.org/2024/10/09/2009-barack-obama-nobel-peace-prize/"\>article\</a\> first appeared on \<a target="\_blank" href="https://mississippitoday.org"\>Mississippi Today\</a\> and is republished here under a \<a target="\_blank" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/"\>Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License\</a\>.\<img src="https://cdn.mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/14014610/cropped-MTODAY\_SITE\_ICON\_512x512-180x180.png" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"\>\</p\> \<img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://mississippitoday.org/?republication-pixel=true\&post=1126053\&ga4=G-VSX4B701MS" style="width:1px;height:1px;"\> Copy to Clipboard
Readable Markdown	![](https://cdn.mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/06130831/OnThisDay-FinalLogo_page-banner-2-1200x151.jpg) ### Oct. 9, 2009 ![Barack Obama accepts the Noble Peace Prize in 2009](https://cdn.mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/06090650/Oct9-obama_nobel_1050x700.jpg) Obama accepts the Noble Peace Prize in 2009 Credit: Wikipedia Barack Obama was [awarded](https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2009/obama/facts/) the Nobel Peace Prize for “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.” The Nobel officials praised Obama’s “dialogue and cooperation across national, ethnic, religious and political dividing lines. As President, Obama called for a new start to relations between the Muslim world and the West based on common interests and mutual understanding and respect. In accordance with a promise he made during his election campaign, he set in motion a plan for the withdrawal of U.S. occupying forces from Iraq.” Nobel officials also praised his support for a “world free from nuclear weapons.” He was the third African American to win the award. The previous winners were Martin Luther King Jr. and Ralph Bunche. [![Profile picture of Jerry Mitchell](https://cdn.mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/17091643/jerrymitchell-profile.jpg)](https://mississippitoday.org/author/jmitchell/) Senior Investigative Reporter The stories of investigative reporter Jerry Mitchell have helped put four Klansmen and a serial killer behind bars. His stories have also helped free two people from death row, exposed injustices and corruption, prompting investigations and reforms as well as the firings of boards and officials. He is a Pulitzer Prize finalist, a longtime member of Investigative Reporters & Editors, and a winner of more than 30 other national awards, including a \$500,000 MacArthur “genius” grant. After working for three decades for the statewide Clarion-Ledger, Mitchell left in 2019 and founded the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting. [![Creative Commons License](https://mississippitoday.org/wp-content/plugins/republication-tracker-tool/assets/img/cc-by-nd-4.0.png)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/) Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license.
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