Nobel Peace Prize laureate Martti Ahtisaari (R) and Norwegian Nobel Committee chairman Ole Danbolt Mjos shake hands during the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony in Oslo December 10, 2008. Ahtisaari urged U.S. President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday to delve into solving the Middle East conflict in his first year in office, calling it a knot that could be untied. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins (NORWAY) 

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Martti Ahtisaari (R) and Norwegian Nobel Committee chairman Ole Danbolt Mjos shake hands during the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony in Oslo December 10, 2008. Ahtisaari urged U.S. President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday to delve into solving the Middle East conflict in his first year in office, calling it a knot that could be untied. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins (NORWAY) 

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Martti Ahtisaari (R) and Norwegian Nobel Committee chairman Ole Danbolt Mjos shake hands during the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony in Oslo December 10, 2008. Ahtisaari urged U.S. President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday to delve into solving the Middle East conflict in his first year in office, calling it a knot that could be untied. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins (NORWAY) 

Chairman of Nobel Commitee Ole Danbolt Mjos gestures as he speaks during the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony in Oslo December 10, 2008. Nobel Peace Prize laureate Martti Ahtisaari urged U.S. President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday to delve into solving the Middle East conflict in his first year in office, calling it a knot that could be untied. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins (NORWAY) 

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Martti Ahtisaari (R) and Chairman of Nobel Commitee Ole Danbolt Mjos applaud during ceremony in Oslo December 10, 2008. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins (NORWAY) 

Rajendra Pachauri (R), the head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize by Ole Danbolt Mjos, the chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, during the Nobel Peace Price 2007 award ceremony in Oslo December 10, 2007. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins (NORWAY) 

Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore (R) is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize by Ole Danbolt Mjos, the chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, during the Nobel Peace Price 2007 award ceremony in Oslo December 10, 2007. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins (NORWAY)