Title: Al Gore, Michael Schumacher honoured in Spain
ALGOREismylife - October 26, 2007 09:35 PM (GMT)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071026/en_af...oz_071026204227
Al Gore, Michael Schumacher honoured in Spain
Former US Vice-president Al Gore ® arrives for the Prince of Asturias Awards. Gore joined seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher and Israeli writer Amos Oz at a ceremony in northern Spain Friday to receive one of the prestigious awards.(AFP/Migues Riopa)
OVIEDO, Spain (AFP) - Former US vice president Al Gore joined seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher and Israeli writer Amos Oz at a ceremony in northern Spain Friday to receive prestigious Prince of Asturias awards.
Eight such awards are given annually for outstanding contributions to areas ranging from the arts and science to sports, and each carry a cash prize of 50,000 euros (71,400 US dollars) and a sculpture by Catalan artist Joan Miro.
The prizes are named after Prince Felipe, the heir to the Spanish throne, who presided over the televised ceremony in Oviedo's Campoamor opera house with his wife Princess Letizia.
Gore, a Democrat who lost the 2000 presidential election to George W. Bush despite winning the popular vote, won the award this year for international cooperation for his efforts to raise global awareness of climate change.
"We have everything necessary to save the integrity of our planet except the political will," said Gore in a speech, before adding that "fortunately political will is a renewable resource."
Oz, a prominent advocate of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, was awarded the prize for literature.
"I believe imagining the other can be an antidote to fanaticism," he said.
"Part of the tragedy between Jew and Arab is the inability of so many of us, Jews and Arabs, to imagine each other. Really imagine each other: the loves, the terrible fears, the anger, the passion," he added.
The award for promoting peace and human rights went to Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust museum and memorial. Several survivors of the Holocaust were at the awards ceremony.
German racing driver Schumacher, who won the Formula One title seven times, was awarded the prize for sports. The foundation said it had also taken note of his extensive charity work when deciding to give him the prize.
US musician Bob Dylan, best known for his so-called protest songs of the 1960s including "Blowin' in the Wind", was awarded the prize for arts but the singer did not attend the awards ceremony.
Past recipients of Prince of Asturias prizes, which have been given out each year since 1980, include US director Woody Allen, British scientist Stephen Hawking and Spanish Formula One car racing world champion Fernando Alonso.
Al Gore, Michael Schumacher honoured in Spain
Former US Vice-president Al Gore ® arrives for the Prince of Asturias Awards. Gore joined seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher and Israeli writer Amos Oz at a ceremony in northern Spain Friday to receive one of the prestigious awards.(AFP/Migues Riopa)
OVIEDO, Spain (AFP) - Former US vice president Al Gore joined seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher and Israeli writer Amos Oz at a ceremony in northern Spain Friday to receive prestigious Prince of Asturias awards.
Eight such awards are given annually for outstanding contributions to areas ranging from the arts and science to sports, and each carry a cash prize of 50,000 euros (71,400 US dollars) and a sculpture by Catalan artist Joan Miro.
The prizes are named after Prince Felipe, the heir to the Spanish throne, who presided over the televised ceremony in Oviedo's Campoamor opera house with his wife Princess Letizia.
Gore, a Democrat who lost the 2000 presidential election to George W. Bush despite winning the popular vote, won the award this year for international cooperation for his efforts to raise global awareness of climate change.
"We have everything necessary to save the integrity of our planet except the political will," said Gore in a speech, before adding that "fortunately political will is a renewable resource."
Oz, a prominent advocate of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, was awarded the prize for literature.
"I believe imagining the other can be an antidote to fanaticism," he said.
"Part of the tragedy between Jew and Arab is the inability of so many of us, Jews and Arabs, to imagine each other. Really imagine each other: the loves, the terrible fears, the anger, the passion," he added.
The award for promoting peace and human rights went to Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust museum and memorial. Several survivors of the Holocaust were at the awards ceremony.
German racing driver Schumacher, who won the Formula One title seven times, was awarded the prize for sports. The foundation said it had also taken note of his extensive charity work when deciding to give him the prize.
US musician Bob Dylan, best known for his so-called protest songs of the 1960s including "Blowin' in the Wind", was awarded the prize for arts but the singer did not attend the awards ceremony.
Past recipients of Prince of Asturias prizes, which have been given out each year since 1980, include US director Woody Allen, British scientist Stephen Hawking and Spanish Formula One car racing world champion Fernando Alonso.
AlGoreFan - October 27, 2007 07:40 AM (GMT)
Is that dude Gore getting thinner by the day?
I especially like that the Bob was also an award winner.
I especially like that the Bob was also an award winner.
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| US musician Bob Dylan, best known for his so-called protest songs of the 1960s including "Blowin' in the Wind", was awarded the prize for arts but the singer did not attend the awards ceremony. |