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kayjatta
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 Posted - 12 Oct 2007 : 11:47:16
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I HAVE CULLED THIS FROM CNN BREAKING NEWS.
OSLO, Norway - Former Vice President Al Gore and the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Friday for their efforts to spread awareness of man-made climate change and lay the foundations for counteracting it.
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Gore's film "An Inconvenient Truth," a documentary on global warming, won an Academy Award this year and he had been widely expected to win the prize.
"His strong commitment, reflected in political activity, lectures, films and books, has strengthened the struggle against climate change," the citation said. "He is probably the single individual who has done most to create greater worldwide understanding of the measures that need to be adopted."
It cited Gore's awareness at an early stage "of the climatic challenges the world is facing.
The committee cited the Panel on Climate Change for two decades of scientific reports that have "created an ever-broader informed consensus about the connection between human activities and global warming."
Members of the panel, a network of 2,000 scientists, were surprised that it was chosen to share the honor with Gore, a spokeswoman said.
"We would have been happy even if he had received it alone because it is a recognition of the importance of this issue," spokeswoman Carola Traverso Saibante said.
Climate change has moved high on the international agenda this year. The U.N. climate panel has been releasing reports, talks on a replacement for the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on climate are set to resume and on Europe's northern fringe, where the awards committee works, there is growing concern about the melting Arctic.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee said global warming, "may induce large-scale migration and lead to greater competition for the earth's resources. Such changes will place particularly heavy burdens on the world's most vulnerable countries. There may be increased danger of violent conflicts and wars, within and between states."
Jan Egeland, a Norwegian peace mediator and former U.N. undersecretary for humanitarian affairs, also called climate change more than an environmental issue.
"It is a question of war and peace," said Egeland, now director of the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs in Oslo. "We're already seeing the first climate wars, in the Sahel belt of Africa." He said nomads and herders are in conflict with farmers because the changing climate has brought drought and a shortage of fertile lands.
The committee often uses the coveted prize to cast the global spotlight on a relatively little-known person or cause. Since Gore already has a high profile some had doubted that the committee would bestow the prize on him "because he does not need it."
In recent years, the committee has broadened the interpretation of peacemaking and disarmament efforts outlined by Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel in creating the prize with his 1895 will. The prize now often also recognizes human rights, democracy, elimination of poverty, sharing resources and the environment.
Two of the past three prizes have been untraditional, with the 2004 award to Kenya environmentalist Wangari Maathai and last year's award to Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus and his Grameen Bank, which makes to micro-loans to the country's poor.
The prizes include a gold medal, a diploma and $1.5 million.
On Thursday, Doris Lessing, author of dozens of works from short stories to science fiction, including the classic "The Golden Notebook," won the Nobel Prize for literature.
On Wednesday, Gerhard Ertl of Germany won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for studies of chemical reactions on solid surfaces. On Tuesday, France's Albert Fert and German Peter Gruenberg won the physics award for discovering a phenomenon that lets computers and digital music players store reams of data on ever-shrinking hard disks.
Americans Mario R. Capecchi and Oliver Smithies, and Briton Sir Martin J. Evans, won the medicine prize Monday for groundbreaking discoveries that led to a powerful technique for manipulating mouse genes.
The prize for economics will be announced Monday.
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Edited by - kayjatta on 12 Oct 2007 11:44:04
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concort
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Posted - 12 Oct 2007 : 17:36:58
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| Way to go Al Gore. I voted for him in 2000 but my vote did not make any difference. LOL |
As Salamu Alaikum Waramatullah Wabarakatu |
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turk
USA
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Posted - 12 Oct 2007 : 23:37:19
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Al Gore may deserve this individually, but peace prize going to yankeestan because of the environment is really weird. Yankeestan not only causing more than 50 % pollution with only 5 % of the world population they are puting unfair pressure on third world countries to invest in environment to hinder their economic development. It is shame. Just see how these american bling bling culture driving SUVs show how yankees not only government as individuals as well should shame on themselves. Consumption maniac, wild capitalist shamless nation should be punished instead of such prize. Not to mentioned scandal of withdrawing from Kyoto agreement.
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diaspora! Too many Chiefs and Very Few Indians.
Halifa Salah: PDOIS is however realistic. It is fully aware that the Gambian voters are yet to reach a level of political consciousness that they rely on to vote on the basis of Principles, policies and programmes and practices. |
Edited by - turk on 12 Oct 2007 23:38:30 |
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turk
USA
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Posted - 14 Oct 2007 : 00:21:13
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I was watching documentary about Environmental refugees who are new concept due to greedy yankeestan and its house servant supporters. The pollution caused by yankees causing global warming and water level is increasing. The islands in the pacific ocean suffering most because as sea level increasing, their banana/coconut trees are being destroyed and less agricultural farm. The aboriginals were saying that, feel like, soon their house will be under water.
So I like the Yankee, a.k.a. Kayjatta, as a loyal servant of house to defend how yankestan to stop this mess. |
diaspora! Too many Chiefs and Very Few Indians.
Halifa Salah: PDOIS is however realistic. It is fully aware that the Gambian voters are yet to reach a level of political consciousness that they rely on to vote on the basis of Principles, policies and programmes and practices. |
Edited by - turk on 14 Oct 2007 00:31:54 |
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MeMe
United Kingdom
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Posted - 14 Oct 2007 : 15:32:33
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Firstly, Turk, I would like to draw your attention to the rudeness of your postings - there's no need for that. We on Bantaba should have respect for each other as there's enough discrimination and disrespect in the world already! Secondly, while you may not agree with US politics, way of life or whatever there is no need for name-calling ... do you see anyone else here behaving in the same manner??? No, I didn't think so!
Lively discussion yes but please leave the playground mentality where it belongs! |
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turk
USA
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Posted - 14 Oct 2007 : 20:36:55
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Yankee: The term Yankee (sometimes abbreviated to Yank) has a number of possible meanings, but in almost all contexts, it refers to someone of American origin or heritage....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee
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diaspora! Too many Chiefs and Very Few Indians.
Halifa Salah: PDOIS is however realistic. It is fully aware that the Gambian voters are yet to reach a level of political consciousness that they rely on to vote on the basis of Principles, policies and programmes and practices. |
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kayjatta
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Posted - 15 Oct 2007 : 07:20:33
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 My Turkish friend slow down , you are going too fast for me , but thanks for the attention. Thanks Meme for keeping Turk at bay for now. Let me rest, I have had a good fight lately. |
Edited by - kayjatta on 15 Oct 2007 07:26:51 |
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turk
USA
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Posted - 15 Oct 2007 : 09:23:51
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Kayjatta
Let us the debate became more enjoyable :). I will sing kumbaya for Meme later on. |
diaspora! Too many Chiefs and Very Few Indians.
Halifa Salah: PDOIS is however realistic. It is fully aware that the Gambian voters are yet to reach a level of political consciousness that they rely on to vote on the basis of Principles, policies and programmes and practices. |
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kayjatta
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Posted - 15 Oct 2007 : 09:30:00
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| man you are killing me with laughter... |
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MeMe
United Kingdom
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Posted - 15 Oct 2007 : 11:23:53
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quote:
Originally posted by turk
Yankee: The term Yankee (sometimes abbreviated to Yank) has a number of possible meanings, but in almost all contexts, it refers to someone of American origin or heritage....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee
If you actually read the whole article that you're using as your response, Turk, then you'll see several mentions of the word "derogatory" when referring to the origins, uses etc of the word Yankee .... by the way, I was actually alluding to your constant use of "Yankeestan"!
Would you like me to refer to your homeland in playground terms? As for your kumbaya reply .... I can't even be bothered ...
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turk
USA
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Posted - 15 Oct 2007 : 13:01:17
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meme
What is the big deal with yankeestan? Anyway, have you got anything to say about the debate? No? |
diaspora! Too many Chiefs and Very Few Indians.
Halifa Salah: PDOIS is however realistic. It is fully aware that the Gambian voters are yet to reach a level of political consciousness that they rely on to vote on the basis of Principles, policies and programmes and practices. |
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serenata
Germany
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Posted - 15 Oct 2007 : 13:30:11
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Back to the topic: I am very pleased Al Gore got the Peace Prize, and I think he deserved it. Besides, I think it is clever politics to give such a high reward to an American.
Now it looks as if the good guy won, and his corrupt and dishonest rival lost all along the line. GWB's cheating didn't pay: While Al Gore is a hero, Bush proved to be one of the worst presidents the United States ever had.
God is great. |
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turk
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Posted - 15 Oct 2007 : 21:51:28
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Besides, I think it is clever politics to give such a high reward to an American.
Very important. I think the committe chooses the award winner not only based on individual performance also to give a important message to the world community. Like last year winner, Orhan Pamuk, who is an excellent turkish author/novelist, was going to be charged because his writings which conflicts with freedom of expression. Considering the yankee's track when it comes to environment - give credit al gore to sign kyoto which was withdrawn later by the dubya- it is a real message. |
diaspora! Too many Chiefs and Very Few Indians.
Halifa Salah: PDOIS is however realistic. It is fully aware that the Gambian voters are yet to reach a level of political consciousness that they rely on to vote on the basis of Principles, policies and programmes and practices. |
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kayjatta
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Posted - 16 Oct 2007 : 10:06:56
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You are right Turk, Al Gore's Nobel Prize is a message, but also about the seriousness of the environmental question. Gore helped a lot in raising awareness about global warming and how we can solve the problem. That is why the White House challenged that Gore's Nobel Prize is politically motivated, and that the government is not changing it's environmental policy...
Meanwhile, the Nobel Prize is created by the will of Alfred Nobel of Sweden. He was the inventor of dynamite, the explosive. He was so rich and travelled around the world so much, at one time he called himself the "richest vagabond" in the world. That means the richest man without a home. |
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jambo
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Posted - 16 Oct 2007 : 10:19:21
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| i donot think he should have got it, because all his work ws based on other people findings, he is only the messager, I hope he acknowledge the people who helped him put it together, BUT IT TOOK HIM TO GET THE MESSAGE TO A BIGGER PLATFORM |
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kayjatta
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Posted - 16 Oct 2007 : 10:50:00
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| He shared the prize with others ( the inter-governmental panel on the environment). |
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