In Southern Africa, the term Coloureds (also known as Bruinmense or Kleurlinge) is an ethnic label for people of mixed ethnic origin who possess ancestry from Europe, Asia, and various Khoisan and Bantu ethnic groups of southern Africa. Not all Coloured people share the same ethnic background.
On this day in 2007, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and the United Nationâs Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to increase public knowledge about man-made climate change.
Al Gore's Nobel Patrol. Fans of Al Gore are a passionate lot. Take, for example, Stephen Cohen, a 68-year New York City old medical writer who first encountered Gore 20 years ago when the then-svelte senator from Tennessee made an unsuccessful run for the Democratic presidential nomination. It was love at first sight.