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Dec. 10, 2007 / 8:04 AM

Al Gore donates 'feet' to peace cause

U.S. President George W. Bush (R) is joined by former Vice President Al Gore during a photo-op with recipients of the 2007 Nobel Awards in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on November 26, 2007. Gore was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his environmentalism. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)

1 of 5 | U.S. President George W. Bush (R) is joined by former Vice President Al Gore during a photo-op with recipients of the 2007 Nobel Awards in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on November 26, 2007. Gore was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his environmentalism. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch) | License Photo

STAVANGER, Norway, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Vice President and Nobel Peace laureate Al Gore consented to casts of his bare feet being taken to decorate a peace pathway in Norway.

Sunday, Gore had the castings taken in Stavanger, from which bronze footprints will be made for a Path of Peace created by the human rights foundation, Point of Peace, the Stavanger Aftenblad newspaper reported.

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"Funny and nice, a very good idea. I have never heard of this, but I think it is a very good idea," Gore told the newspaper.

The group has plans to ask at least 10 other Nobel Peace Prize winners for casts of their feet to line the path.

Sunday, Gore praised Norway for being "among the leaders" in the fight to stop climate change after a private meeting with Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store and the government minister in charge of environmental issues and foreign aid, Erik Solheim, Aftenposten said.

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