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Article: Gore in Oslo to Accept Nobel Peace Prize
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- December 7, 2007
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Former Vice President Al Gore skipped the traditional airport motorcade and took public transportation when he arrived Friday in Oslo to accept the Nobel Peace Prize he shared for his campaign against global warming.
Gore will accept the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize he shared with the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change at a ceremony in the Norwegian capital on Monday.
Upon arriving in Oslo, Gore urged countries meeting at a climate conference in Bali, Indonesia, "to promptly produce a strong mandate." The governments hope to finish drafting a new climate treaty by 2009, with a current target of 2012 for ratification.
Gore said he hoped they would move the ...