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.
Four American Presidents have won the Nobel Peace Prize. President Woodrow Wilson--Wilson won the peace prize for his work in founding the League of Nations President Theodore Teddy Roosevelt--President Roosevelt negotiated a peace treaty ending the bloody war between Japan and Russia. President James Earl Jimmy Carter--Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 for his many accomplishement in promoting peace and human rights, including the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel . President Barack Obama--According to the Nobel Prize Committee, President Obama won the award for efforts to strengthen international diplomacy, his vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons and for inspiring hope and creating a new climate in international politics. Video of ...