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Former Vice President Al Gore, Playwright Tom Stoppard and Filmmaker Atom Egoyan Among $1 Million Dan David Prize Winners

 Seven Winners Honoured for Achievements Focusing on the Past, Present and
                                   Future

    TEL AVIV, Israel, February 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The Dan David Prize
annually awards three prizes of US$1 million for achievements with an
outstanding scientific, technological, cultural or social impact on our
world.

    The 2008 winners are:

    Past: Sharing the prize in the field of Creative Rendering of the Past
- Literature, Theater, Film:

    Author Amos Oz of Israel - Oz has written more than 25 books, which
portray historical events, emphasizing the individual and exploring
conflicts between nations.

    Playwright Tom Stoppard of the United Kingdom - Stoppard portrays the
search for meaning, while displaying dazzling theatricality and genius for
laughter.

    Filmmaker Atom Egoyan of Canada - Egoyan explores the human impact of
historical events and the nature of truth and its representation through
art.

    Present: In the field of Social Responsibility with Particular Emphasis
on the Environment:

    Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore

    Gore is working to enhance awareness of global warming and promote its
remedies.

    Future: Sharing the prize in the field of Geoscience:

    Geoffrey Eglinton, Professor of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol,
United Kingdom - Eglinton studies organic chemical fossils and the
mechanisms by which their products yield essential resources for the
future.

    Ellen Moseley-Thompson and Lonnie G. Thompson of Ohio State University
in Columbus - As professors of geography and geological sciences,
respectively, they study ice cores to further understand the complex
interactions within the Earth's outer envelopes, such as glacier melting
and the polar icecap retreat.

    "The constellation of laureates is particularly meaningful," said Mr.
Dan David, international businessman and philanthropist who founded the
Prize. "On the one hand, great creators depicting historical events in
literature, theater and film; on the other, eminent scientists whose
research predicts environmental disaster if we do not act; and in between,
a man promoting awareness of this prediction and its remedies so that human
history will continue to be told for generations to come".

    The awards will be presented at a ceremony on May 19, 2008 at Tel Aviv
University, where the Prize was founded in 2001 and is headquartered.


    Dan David Prize web site http://www.dandavidprize.org/

    For more information:
    Ms. Amy Kenigsberg
    K2 Strategic Innovations
    Tel +972-9-794-1681
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    amy@k2-si.com