Nobel laureate Al Gore may be Democratic peacemaker

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WASHINGTON (AFP) — Amid fears the bitter battle between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama could tear the Democratic Party apart, some are hoping a heavyweight umpire like Al Gore may step into the ring.

The Nobel peace prize winner and former vice president under Bill Clinton is one of the party's 795 superdelegates who are free to vote for either of the two candidates contesting the party's presidential nomination.

Gore has yet to publicly endorse either of the two candidates. But some believe his backing could prove decisive in settling the stalemate between the former first lady and the charismatic Illinois senator.

Currently Clinton has 1,497 delegates to 1,628 for Obama, and with only a few primaries left to go neither seem set to pocket the 2,025...