Republicans join the Taliban in condemning Obama Nobel Peace Prize

Many -- including, we suspect, the president himself --  were surprised by today's announcement that the Nobel Peace Prize was going to U.S. President, Barack Obama.

Reactions were largely laudatory, occasionally bemused, but about the only folks coming right out and condemning the largely unexpected award were the U.S.'s number one enemies, the Afghan/Pakistani Taliban, joined by a number of prominent members of the U.S.'s own putatively loyal opposition, the Republican Party.

Read selected quotes from around the world  in the Associated Press.