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 and his then-wife, Tipper, arriving at the Academy Awards in Hollywood, Calif., in 2007. An Inconvenient Truth, featuring Mr. Gore, won an Oscar for best documentary. Credit Timothy A. Clary/Agence France-Presse â Getty Images.