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Al Gore & IPCC Share Nobel Peace Prize For 2007Oslo, Norway - The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change. |
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Further progress made towards eliminating blinding eye diseaseGeneva, Switzerland - With the estimated number of people affected by the infectious eye disease, blinding trachoma, dropping from 360 million people to 80 million over the past 21 years, several more countries are on track to eliminate the scourge, the United Nations health agency announced today. |
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news from the Middle East
- Iraq: UN official welcomes creation of human rights commission
- Electric shock: East coast network by 2012
- Newly-discovered fungus strips pollutants from oil
- Iraq seeks Heritage status for restored marshlands
- Jerusalem ancient walls unveiled
- Iraq, US agree no foreign troops after 2011: PM
- Landmark cooperation deal signed between UN and Iraqi Government
- Roman temple found under church
- Israel and Palestinians to boost postal services with help from UN agency
- Israel and Hamas reach Gaza truce deal
