EIGHT "ECO-HEROES" WIN GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT PRIZE

Three North American tribal leaders who led a drive to stop new oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge were among eight "eco-heroes" awarded a top world environmental award Monday. Other winners of this year's $125,000 Goldman environmental prize include a Somali grandmother who has fought to preserve her country's dwindling stands of old growth acacia trees and a Polish conservationist who pioneered the use of eco-tourism to preserve traditional family farms.