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Kohl rescued as Swedes fear worst (Helmut, former Chancellor of Germany)
The BBC ^ | Tuesday, 28 December, 2004, 17:17 GMT | Anonymous BBC Story Monkey

Posted on 12/28/2004 9:44:55 AM PST by alnitak

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1500 Swedes? Looks like the casualty figures are going to keep increasing for several days yet.
1 posted on 12/28/2004 9:44:55 AM PST by alnitak
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To: alnitak

Good grief...


2 posted on 12/28/2004 9:52:32 AM PST by The Teen Conservative
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"Kohl intends to complete his holiday."
Thank goodness for that (the poor deprived bastard).
3 posted on 12/28/2004 9:54:10 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Stop ranting about Kohl. He would have supported Bush in Iraq just like he supported Bush Sen. in Gulf I.
He's one of the few decent politicians left in Germany.


5 posted on 12/28/2004 10:00:15 AM PST by seppel
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To: Rodney King
Independent travellers = sex tourists

That too, but most of the independents are backpackers.

6 posted on 12/28/2004 10:06:36 AM PST by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
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To: alnitak

Well, thank goodness that the Sri Lankan Military had enough free time on their hands to rescue one guy off the roof of a hotel...

And, I'm so glad the Kohl has bounced back, and will continue his holiday. Probably do some sightseeing, maybe a little windsurfing ("The waves are killer, dude"), and if there's time maybe a little beachcombing...


7 posted on 12/28/2004 10:08:11 AM PST by Chad Fairbanks (I'd like to find your inner child and kick its little ass)
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A missed holiday; the horror, the horror.


8 posted on 12/28/2004 10:10:24 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: seppel

Nothing against Kohl, But he could have sat on the roof a little longer.

The few resources they have in Thai could be used a bit more efficiently


9 posted on 12/28/2004 10:11:50 AM PST by fastattacksailor (The US without the UN is like not having your mother-in-law with you on your honeymoon)
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Sri Lanka says its troops airlifted Mr Kohl from the roof of a flooded hotel.

A spokesman for Mr Kohl said the 74-year-old had been staying at a coastal resort in Sri Lanka, where he was undergoing heath spa treatments, and was not hurt.

"Kohl intends to complete his holiday," he added.

Well thank goodness for that. With all the death and destruction, it sure would be a tragedy if ol' Helmut didn't get to finish his vacation.

10 posted on 12/28/2004 10:13:15 AM PST by RedWhiteBlue
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Poor guy.


11 posted on 12/28/2004 10:13:21 AM PST by Chad Fairbanks (I'd like to find your inner child and kick its little ass)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Read another story where the Euro tourists were "demanding" that the beaches be cleaned up and that the American relief workers weer tehre only because of their guilt over the US destroying Iraq.


12 posted on 12/28/2004 10:13:34 AM PST by Guillermo ("But they're European cut vinyl pirate pants" - Rudy Canoza)
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Link?


13 posted on 12/28/2004 10:14:10 AM PST by Chad Fairbanks (I'd like to find your inner child and kick its little ass)
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To: bullseye876
He was in Sri Lanka.

RIF

16 posted on 12/28/2004 10:17:29 AM PST by lugsoul (Until at last I threw down my enemy and smote his ruin on the mountainside.)
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To: Rodney King
"Independent travellers = sex tourists."

Bull Sh!t! Just because someone doesn't want a prepackaged, canned, boring vacation, doesn't mean they are sex tourists. Some people would simply like the freedom to change their plans and do the unexpected while traveling.
18 posted on 12/28/2004 10:19:57 AM PST by monday
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"Kohl Rescued as Swedes Fear Worst"

I never thought that Kohl was THAT bad.


19 posted on 12/28/2004 10:20:16 AM PST by Brilliant
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Some Europeans complained that they had paid good money for their rooms and expected the beaches to be cleaned up promptly. Eurpoeans also were complaining that Americans who were working with local authoritities in the search and cleanup operations were doing so out of guilt in what they had done to the Iraqi people.


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1309626/posts


20 posted on 12/28/2004 10:21:05 AM PST by Guillermo ("But they're European cut vinyl pirate pants" - Rudy Canoza)
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