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Judi Lynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-11 04:26 AM
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Rising star German politician accused of Phd plagiarism
Source: Deutsche Presse-Agentur

Rising star German politician accused of Phd plagiarism
Feb 16, 2011, 8:58 GMT

Berlin - German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, considered the country's most popular politician, has been accused of plagiarism in his doctoral thesis, media reported Wednesday.

Several passages of Guttenberg's thesis were 'brazen plagiarism' and 'a deceit,' according to law professor Andreas Fischer-Lescano, cited in daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung.

Lengthy passages of Guttenberg's paper, drawing legal comparisons between the United States and the European Union, were almost identical to previously published texts by other authors, but lacked citation, the paper reported.

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Guttenberg, the telegenic media star of Chancellor Angela Merkel's centre-right government, has risen rapidly through the ranks of the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU) to become defence minister after the 2009 election.





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Guttenberg's standing on the right, behind Schwarzenegger.
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Tunkamerica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-11 04:34 AM
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1. it was one word:
Donaudampfschiffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft
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conspirator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-11 09:18 AM
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2. Guttenberg looks a bit like Eric Clapton nt
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Blue_Tires Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-11 09:28 AM
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3. Well, the game was up when he tried to take credit for the printing press...
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truthisfreedom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-11 09:33 AM
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4. WTF? Arnie, you don't button the middle button on your coat. It's the top one, always.
What a dufus.
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