Topic: POLITIK - on December 4, 2003 at 12:20:59 AM CET
Seven-year-old boy corrects Bush
Young Terrance Martin could not let President George W. Bush get away with mistakenly saying he was just 6 years old when he was really 7.
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Topic: POLITIK - on December 3, 2003 at 11:36:17 AM CET
Rumsfeld Receives 'Foot in Mouth' Award
He may not know it — or know that he knows it — but Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has won this year's "Foot in Mouth" award for the most baffling statement by a public figure. Britain's Plain English Campaign, scourge of jargon, cliches and legalese, announced the honors Tuesday, giving runner-up to California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The top prize went to Rumsfeld for this logic-twister he gave at a press briefing on Iraq.
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Topic: POLITIK - on November 24, 2003 at 1:02:54 PM CET
Schewardnadse in Deutschland gelandet
Auf dem Flugplatz Söllingen bei Baden-Baden ist am Mittag ein Lear-Jet gelandet. An Bord befand sich der zurückgetretene georgische Präsident Eduard Schewardnadse. Wenig später verließ ein blaugelber Hubschrauber das Gelände. In den vergangenen Tagen war bereits öfters darüber spekuliert worden, dass Schewardnadse nach Baden-Baden kommt. Die Maschine rollte sofort nach der Landung in einen abgesperrten Raum.
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Topic: POLITIK - on November 24, 2003 at 12:04:13 PM CET
GROUND FARCE 1
THE Queen is furious with President George W. Bush after his state visit caused thousands of pounds of damage to her gardens at Buckingham Palace.
Royal officials are now in touch with the Queen's insurers and Prime Minister Tony Blair to find out who will pick up the massive repair bill. Palace staff said they had never seen the Queen so angry as when she saw how her perfectly-mantained lawns had been churned up after being turned into helipads with three giant H landing markings for the Bush visit.
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Topic: POLITIK - on November 23, 2003 at 12:51:56 PM CET
Wo Bush hinfliegt, wächst kein Gras mehr
Palastdiener wollen die Queen noch nie so erbost gesehen haben. Objekt des königlichen Zorns: der US-Präsident. George W. Bush soll während seines Besuchs im Buckingham-Palast den Garten der Königin verwüstet haben. Selbst die Flamingos der Königin seien traumatisiert.
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Topic: POLITIK - on November 21, 2003 at 12:51:29 AM CET
Around 100,000 March Against Bush in London
Around 100,000 protesters marched through London and tore down a mock statue of visiting U.S. president George W. Bush on Thursday, many of them convinced his policies were to blame for anti-British bombs in Turkey.
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Topic: POLITIK - on November 20, 2003 at 10:47:11 PM CET
Would you like to put words in George Bush's mouth?
Come up with a caption for this picture of the US president inspecting the Guard of Honour at Buckingham palace and you could win a copy of Still More Bushisms, published by Pocket Books - we have six to give away.
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Topic: POLITIK - on November 16, 2003 at 12:21:56 PM CET
Ihr mögt uns doch
Michael Moore, 49, Autor von "Stupid White Men", dessen neues Buch "Volle Deckung, Mr. Bush" Ende vergangener Woche auf Deutsch erschien, über den Erfolg seiner Traktate gegen den US-Präsidenten Bush.
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Topic: POLITIK - on November 12, 2003 at 4:49:26 PM CET
Kampf der Giganten
Seit George Soros The Soros Effect on Central and Eastern Europe) in den achtziger Jahren im kommunistisch beherrschten Ungarn einige hundert Kopierer verschenkte, um den Zugang zu Ideen und Informationen zu demokratisieren Der Geist, der aus der Flasche kam), hat der Finanzmann in Ost- und Zentraleuropa ein Imperium mit seinen Stiftungen aufgebaut, rund eine Milliarde Dollar in Russland investiert und auch in Afrika und Asien autonome Institute seines Open Society Institute gegründet.
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Topic: POLITIK - on November 12, 2003 at 12:33:14 PM CET
Billionaire Soros takes on Bush
George Soros, one of the world’s richest men, has given away nearly $5 billion to promote democracy in the former Soviet bloc, Africa and Asia. Now he has a new project: defeating President Bush.
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Topic: POLITIK - on November 11, 2003 at 12:28:12 PM CET
US goods set to double in price as Europe plans huge trade war
American jeans, Florida orange juice and dozens of other US products could double in price from next month because of a growing transatlantic trade war.
The World Trade Organisation gave the European Union permission yesterday to impose huge import tariffs, which will allow price increases of between 8 and 100 per cent on a range of goods.
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Topic: POLITIK - on November 10, 2003 at 10:54:06 AM CET
Wollt ihr mich verarschen?
Der amerikanische Bestsellerautor Michael Moore über Serienlügner im Weißen Haus, die Selbstüberschätzung seiner Landsleute und eine Botschaft an die Österreicher.
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