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Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore waves to journalists as he arrives at the side event of the U.N. Climate Change Conference 2007 in Nusa Dua, on Bali island, December 13, 2007. The European Union threatened on Thursday to boycott U.S. talks among top greenhouse gas emitting nations, accusing Washington of blocking goals for fighting climate change at the U.N. talks in Bali.


Former Vice President Al Gore (L) and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon before their meeting on the side event of the U.N. Climate Change Conference 2007 in Nusa Dua, on Bali island, December 13, 2007. The European Union threatened on Thursday to boycott U.S. talks among top greenhouse gas emitting nations, accusing Washington of blocking goals for fighting climate change at the U.N. talks in Bali.


Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore, right, greets fellow Nobel winner Rajendra Pachauri, chief climate scientist for the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) prior to addressing the UN Climate Conference Thursday Dec. 13, 2007 in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia. Adding to pressure on the United States, Gore said in his address that the U.S. was 'principally responsible for obstructing progress here in Bali'.

Nobel Laureate and former U.S. Vice President Al Gore speaks at the side event of the UN Climate Change Conference 2007 in Nusa Dua, on Bali island, December 13, 2007. The European Union threatened on Thursday to boycott U.S. talks among top greenhouse gas emitting nations, accusing Washington of blocking goals for fighting climate change at U.N. talks in Bali.
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Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore addresses the UN Climate Conference Thursday Dec. 13, 2007 in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia. Adding to pressure on the United States, Gore said in his address that the U.S. was 'principally responsible for obstructing progress here in Bali'.

Al Gore gives a speech at the UN Climate Change Conference in Nusa Dua, Indonesia. Gore delivered a rousing call for the world to take strong action to fight climate change without the United States, accusing his country of scuttling a key UN conference in Bali.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore walks to the podium to address the U.N. Climate Change Conference Thursday Dec. 13, 2007, in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia. Adding to pressure on the United States, Gore said in his address that the U.S. was 'principally responsible for obstructing progress here in Bali.'


Former Vice President Al Gore (L) sits with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon before their meeting on the side event of the U.N. Climate Change Conference 2007 in Nusa Dua on Bali island, December 13, 2007. The European Union threatened on Thursday to boycott U.S. talks among top greenhouse gas emitting nations, accusing Washington of blocking goals for fighting climate change at the U.N. talks in Bali.

December 14, 2007 in Bali.


Former U.S. vice president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore (L) is greeted by Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for a meeting in Jimbaran of Bali December 14, 2007. Gore is in Indonesia to attend the Climate Change Conference in the resort island of Bali.

Former U.S. vice president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore waves to journalists upon arrival for his meeting with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in Jimbaran on Bali island, Indonesia, Friday, Dec. 14, 2007.


Former U.S. vice president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore talks to the media after his meeting with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in Jimbaran on Bali island, Indonesia, Friday, Dec. 14, 2007.