Former Vice-President Al Gore embraces former President Bill Clinton (R) after Clinton's arrival with freed U.S. journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee from North Korea in Burbank, California August 5, 2009. Ling, 32, and Lee, 36, American journalists freed by North Korea after months of detention, returned to the United States on Wednesday accompanied by Clinton, who secured their release in a meeting with the reclusive state's leader Kim Jong-il. Reuters Pictures 6 months ago

Former Vice-President Al Gore embraces former President Bill Clinton (R) after Clinton's arrival with freed U.S. journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee from North Korea in Burbank, California August 5, 2009. Ling, 32, and Lee, 36, American journalists freed by North Korea after months of detention, returned to the United States on Wednesday accompanied by Clinton, who secured their release in a meeting with the reclusive state's leader Kim Jong-il.

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  1. Wilmington Organic Recycling Center executive vice president Brian Schaffer manoeuvres the mobile winder to place a Gore-Tex cover over a pile of compost at the Wilmington Organic Recycling Center in Wilmington, Delaware, January 7, 2009. Composting, long valued by gardeners, is just beginning to be adopted on the industrial scale exemplified by the Wilmington Organic Recycling Center, which claims to be the biggest of its kind on the East Coast of the United States. Picture taken January 7, 2009. To match Reuters Life! story ENVIRONMENT-COMPOSTING.
  2. COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - DECEMBER 16: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (R) walks with Al Gore the former 45th Vice President of the United States during the COP15 United Nations Climate Change Conference on December 16, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. As politicians, world leaders and environmentalists meet to try and reach agreement on how to combat climate change, protestors have battled with police outside the conference and Danish environment minister Connie Hedegaard resigned as summit president.
  3. Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown (R) walks to his hotel room with former U.S. Vice President Al Gore during the COP15 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen December 16, 2009.
  4. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, right, walks to his hotel room with Al Gore, former vice president of the U.S. at the United Nations climate summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009. The success of the U.N. climate conference is hanging in the balance as China and the U.S. deadlocked over whether Beijing will allow the world to check its books and verify promised cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.
  5. Former US Vice President Al Gore, addresses the plenum at the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen Tuesday Dec. 15, 2009. Gore told the conference Monday that new data suggests a 75 percent chance the entire Arctic polar ice cap may disappear in the summer as soon as five to seven years from now. ** DENMARK OUT.
  6. Former US vice president and president candidate, Al Gore, seen, at the UN Climate Summit COP15, in Copenhagen Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009.
  7. Former US vice president and president candidate, Al Gore, right, shakes hands with UN climate head, Yvo de Boer, before speaking, at the Climate Summit, in Copenhagen Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009.
  8. Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, right, follows with Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store a discussions with ministers from Nordic countries on Greenland's ice sheet at the UN Climate summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, Monday, Dec. 14, 2009. With a week for the climate summit to end, the split between the developing and developed world became sharper as ministers of the world's nations started to arrive for a crucial second week of climate talks.
  9. Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, center, arrives with Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store, left, and former Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland for a discussion with ministers from Nordic countries on Greenland's ice sheet at the UN Climate summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, Monday, Dec. 14, 2009. With a week for the climate summit to end, the split between the developing and developed world became sharper as ministers of the world's nations started to arrive for a crucial second week of climate talks.
  10. Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), who shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with former U.S. vice president Al Gore, holds a news conference after addressing the European Parliament in Brussels December 3, 2009. Pachauri took part, together with Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney, in a hearing on global warning and food policy launching a campaign called " Less Meat = Less Heat".
  11. Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), who shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with former U.S. vice president Al Gore, addresses the European Parliament in Brussels December 3, 2009. Pachauri took part, together with Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney, in a hearing on global warning and food policy launching a campaign called " Less Meat = Less Heat".
  12. (LtoR) Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), who shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with former U.S. vice president Al Gore, European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek, Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney and EP Vice President Edward McMillan-Scott pose for a family photo at the European Parliament in Brussels December 3, 2009. McCartney and Pachauri took part in a hearing on global warning and food policy launching a campaign called " Less Meat = Less Heat".
  13. Former Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Al Gore appears with Oprah Winfrey on her television show while campaigning in Chicago, Illinois, in this September 11, 2000 file photo. Winfrey will end her TV chat show at the end of its 25th season in September 2011, her production company Harpo Inc said on November 19, 2009.

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  1. UN special envoy for Haiti and former President Bill Clinton arrives for a meeting with Haiti's President Rene Preval in Port-au-Prince, Friday, Feb. 5, 2010.
  2. UN special envoy for Haiti and former president Bill Clinton, center left, speaks with reporters as Haiti's President Rene Preval looks on after his arrival in Port-au-Prince, Friday, Feb. 5, 2010. Clinton expanded his U.N. role as head of relief and reconstruction efforts in Haiti.
  3. UN special envoy for Haiti and former president Bill Clinton, center, and Haiti's President Rene Preval make their way between reporters after Clinton's arrival to Port-au-Prince, Friday, Feb. 5, 2010. Clinton expanded his U.N. role as head of relief and reconstruction efforts.
  4. Former U.S. President and UN Special Envoy to Haiti Bill Clinton, right, speaks to from left, Helen E. Clark, Administrator, United Nations Development Program, New York, Robert Greenhill, Managing Director of the World Economic Forum, Denis O'Brien, Chairman, Digicel Group, Ireland, and Brazil's Foreign Minister Celso Amorim during a panel regarding Haiti at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Thursday Jan. 28, 2010. The Forum turns its attention toward earthquake-ravaged Haiti on Thursday and steering Africa to prosperity as more world leaders arrive for the annual event in this Swiss Alpine resort.
  5. Former U.S. President and UN Special Envoy to Haiti, Bill Clinton, right, greets Brazil's Foreign Minister Celso Amorim during a special session about Haiti at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010. The World Economic Forum is turning toward earthquake-ravaged Haiti and steering Africa to prosperity as more world leaders arrive for the annual event in this Swiss Alpine resort.
  6. Former U.S. President Bill Clinton (L) and France's President Nicolas Sarkozy meet as they attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos January 27, 2010.
  7. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, walks with former U.S. President Bill Clinton, right, in the hallway of the main venue at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010.
  8. Former U.S. President Bill Clinton (R) walks out onto the court with ESPN reporter Mike Breen (L) during a special appearance by the former President to raise funds for the Haiti relief effort during half time of the NBA basketball game between the New York Knicks and Los Angeles Lakers at Madison Square Garden in New York January 22, 2010.
  9. NEW YORK - JANUARY 21: Former President and United Nations Special Envoy for Haiti, Bill Clinton speaks with reporters during a news conference January 21, 2010 at United Nations headquarters in New York City. President Clinton and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon discussed continued relief efforts in Haiti and plans for rebuilding after a massive earthquake ravaged the country killing tens of thousands.
  10. NEW YORK - JANUARY 21: Former President and United Nations Special Envoy for Haiti, Bill Clinton speaks with reporters during a news conference January 21, 2010 at United Nations headquarters in New York City. President Clinton and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon discussed continued relief efforts in Haiti and plans for rebuilding after a massive earthquake ravaged the country killing tens of thousands.
  11. NEW YORK - JANUARY 21: Former President and United Nations Special Envoy for Haiti, Bill Clinton and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrive for a news conference January 21, 2010 at United Nations headquarters in New York City. President Clinton and Mr. Ban discussed continued relief efforts in Haiti and plans for rebuilding after a massive earthquake ravaged the country killing tens of thousands.
  12. NEW YORK - JANUARY 21: Former President and United Nations Special Envoy for Haiti, Bill Clinton and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speak with reporters during a news conference January 21, 2010 at United Nations headquarters in New York City. President Clinton and Mr. Ban discussed continued relief efforts in Haiti and plans for rebuilding after a massive earthquake ravaged the country killing tens of thousands.
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  14. NEW YORK - JANUARY 21: Former President and United Nations Special Envoy for Haiti, Bill Clinton and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speak with reporters during a news conference January 21, 2010 at United Nations headquarters in New York City. President Clinton and Mr. Ban discussed continued relief efforts in Haiti and plans for rebuilding after a massive earthquake ravaged the country killing tens of thousands.
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