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    Former Vice President Al Gore, speaking in Madison Friday morning, congratulated President Obama on his Nobel Peace Prize. "I think it's thrilling President Barack Obama has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize" Gore said before his remarks to the Society of Environmental Journalists conference. Full Article at National Review Online
    I think it's thrilling President Barack Obama has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
    Al Gore – Al Gore SOURCE: National Review Online 1 month ago
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  1. It's an honor for him . . . it's an honor for our country.
    SOURCE: National Review Online 1 month ago
  2. Much of what he has accomplished already is going to be far more appreciated in the eyes of history as it has been by the Nobel committee in their announcement early this morning.
    SOURCE: National Review Online 1 month ago

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  1. Riot police clash with protesters during a demonstration in Athens on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009. Protesters hurled rocks and burning garbage at police as violence erupted during a march to mark the first anniversary of the police shooting of a teenager, whose death sparked massive riots. Police fired tear gas at scores of hooded youths in central Athens, as several thousand demonstrators marched to commemorate the death of 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos.
  2. Animal rights activists from Igualdad Animal (Animal Equality) hold up some 100 dead animal carcasses in Madrid's Puerta del Sol square to protest against the treatment of animals and to draw attention to the upcoming International Animal Rights Day which organisers say has been celebrated alongside International Human Rights Day, December 6, 2009.
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  4. BOLOGNA, ITALY - DECEMBER 06: Supporters of Bologna prior to the start of the Serie A match between Bologna and Udinese at Stadio Renato Dall'Ara on December 6, 2009 in Bologna, Italy.
  5. Bolivia's President Evo Morales shows his ballot after casting his vote at a school in Villa 14 de Septiembre in the heart of the coca-growing Chapare region in Cochabamba December 6, 2009. Morales, whose leftist economic policies have made him broadly popular with Bolivia's poor but angered business leaders, is expected to win re-election on Sunday, allowing him to expand state control over the economy.
  6. British Finance Minister Alistair Darling speaks during an interview on BBC television, in London, December 6, 2009. Darling said on Sunday he would spare essential front-line services as he made difficult choices next week in spending cuts needed to bring down a record budget deficit.
  7. Bolivia's President Evo Morales shows his ballot after casting his vote at a school in Villa 14 de Septiembre in the heart of the coca-growing Chapare region in Cochabamba December 6, 2009. Morales, whose leftist economic policies have made him broadly popular with Bolivia's poor but angered business leaders, is expected to win re-election on Sunday, allowing him to expand state control over the economy.
  8. Anarchists throw stones at riot police during clashes in Athens on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009. Protesters hurled rocks and burning garbage at police as violence erupted during a march to mark the first anniversary of the police shooting of a teenager, whose death sparked massive riots. Police fired tear gas at scores of hooded youths in central Athens, as several thousand demonstrators marched to commemorate the death of 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos.
  9. A riot policeman confronts a protester during clashes in Athens on Sunday, Dec. 5, 2009. Protesters hurled rocks and burning garbage at police as violence erupted during a march to mark the first anniversary of the police shooting of a teenager, whose death sparked massive riots. Police fired tear gas at scores of hooded youths in central Athens, as several thousand demonstrators marched to commemorate the death of 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos.
  10. British Finance Minister Alistair Darling speaks during an interview on BBC television, in London, December 6, 2009. Darling said on Sunday he would spare essential front-line services as he made difficult choices next week in spending cuts needed to bring down a record budget deficit.
  11. Anarchists throw stones at riot police during clashes in Athens on Sunday, Dec. 5, 2009. Protesters hurled rocks and burning garbage at police as violence erupted during a march to mark the first anniversary of the police shooting of a teenager, whose death sparked massive riots. Police fired tear gas at scores of hooded youths in central Athens, as several thousand demonstrators marched to commemorate the death of 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos.
  12. A rag picker searches for recyclable material in polluted river Tawi in Jammu, India, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009. The U.N. convenes a two-week 192-nation conference on Monday intended to fashion the outline of a treaty to control greenhouse gas emissions. The agreement, to be completed in 6 to 12 months, seeks to check the rise in global temperatures that scientists warn could lead to devastating results in rising sea levels, shrinking access to drinking water, shifting agriculture and spreading diseases.
  13. AMPATUAN, PHILIPPINES - DECEMBER 06: Foreign forensic anthropologist Juan Pablo Baraybar talks to a Filipino investigator at the massacre site as human rights groups resume digging bodies and evidences on December 6, 2009 in the southern Philippine town of Ampatuan, Maguindanao Province, Philippines. Manila has imposed a military rule in the restive province. The weapons and ammunition are believed to be owned by a Muslim clan linked in late last month's massacre of 64 people, including journalists. On November 23 supporters of local vice-mayor Ismail Mangudadatu and 30 journalists were killed as they prepared to launch his candidacy for the governance of the Maguindanao Province.
  14. AMPATUAN, PHILIPPINES - DECEMBER 06: Foreign forensic anthropologist Juan Pablo Baraybar talks to a Filipino investigator at the massacre site as human rights groups resume digging bodies and evidences on December 6, 2009 in the southern Philippine town of Ampatuan, Maguindanao Province, Philippines. Manila has imposed a military rule in the restive province. The weapons and ammunition are believed to be owned by a Muslim clan linked in late last month's massacre of 64 people, including journalists. On November 23 supporters of local vice-mayor Ismail Mangudadatu and 30 journalists were killed as they prepared to launch his candidacy for the governance of the Maguindanao Province.
  15. AMPATUAN, PHILIPPINES - DECEMBER 06: Foreign forensic anthropologist Juan Pablo Baraybar talks to a Filipino investigator at the massacre site as human rights groups resume digging bodies and evidences on December 6, 2009 in the southern Philippine town of Ampatuan, Maguindanao Province, Philippines. Manila has imposed a military rule in the restive province. The weapons and ammunition are believed to be owned by a Muslim clan linked in late last month's massacre of 64 people, including journalists. On November 23 supporters of local vice-mayor Ismail Mangudadatu and 30 journalists were killed as they prepared to launch his candidacy for the governance of the Maguindanao Province.
  16. AMPATUAN, PHILIPPINES - DECEMBER 06: Filipino forensic experts stand at the massacre site as they resume digging bodies and evidences on December 6, 2009 in the southern Philippine town of Ampatuan, Maguindanao Province, Philippines. Manila has imposed a military rule in the restive province. The weapons and ammunition are believed to be owned by a Muslim clan linked in late last month's massacre of 64 people, including journalists. On November 23 supporters of local vice-mayor Ismail Mangudadatu and 30 journalists were killed as they prepared to launch his candidacy for the governance of the Maguindanao Province.
  17. AMPATUAN, PHILIPPINES - DECEMBER 06: Filipino soldiers secure the site where sophisticated weapons and ammunition were dug up on December 6, 2009 in the southern Philippine town of Ampatuan, Maguindanao Province, Philippines. Manila has imposed a military rule in the restive province. The weapons and ammunition are believed to be owned by a Muslim clan linked in late last month's massacre of 64 people, including journalists. On November 23 supporters of local vice-mayor Ismail Mangudadatu and 30 journalists were killed as they prepared to launch his candidacy for the governance of the Maguindanao Province.
  18. Xu Xin of China throws the ball against Jun Mizutani of Japan in the Table Tennis Men's team final in the East Asian Games Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009 in Hong Kong. China won the gold medal.