EDITORIAL: The Nobel Peace Prize 2008/10/13 If it hadn't been for Martti Ahtisaari, the former president of Finland who won this year's Nobel Peace Prize, more people would have been victims of conflict. Ahtisaari, who was president of Finland from 1994-2000, has a distinguished record as an international mediator, having brokered peace in many regional conflicts, among them, the former Yugosla..