German Magazine: Bribery denied in Atlanta Olympics bid
Officials behind Atlanta's successful bid for the 1996 Olympic Games have denied reports in a German magazine that they bribed members of the International Olympic Committee. The newsmagazine Der Spiegel reported on Monday that Atlanta officials offered IOC members gold credit cards, free heart surgery, scholarships in American universities for their children and cash bribes of up to $120,000 each.In Toronto, a past member of the IOC said rumors of such payoffs have been...
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Reclusive Dietrich rewards German magazine's good deed
A German magazine has helped Marlene Dietrich retrieve diaries stolen from her Paris apartment two weeks ago by two masked bandits who took photos of the reclusive actress as she tried to shield her face. The magazine Bunte paid a hefty price for the purloined papers, then returned them to the actress. Ms. Dietrich, 89, rewarded Bunte's gallantry by granting the mag a brief interview.NASTY AS HE WANTS TO BE: Luther Campbell of the raunchy 2 Live Crew had to go to Jamaica to...
German Magazine: Lebanon: Hezbollah source denies Nasrallah `Der Speigel' remark on Israel pilot
Beirut: An authoritative Hezbollah source has denied that Hasan Nasrallah, the party's secretary-general, told the German magazine `Der Spiegel' that the missing Israeli pilot Ron Arad "was killed" and that the party is making every effort to find out where he is buried.The source stressed to `Al-Sharq al-Awsat' that there was a translation error by the German magazine, which conveyed the report to AFP. The source pointed out that...
German Magazine: Iraqi Threatens Use of Suicide Attackers
Iraq will unleash thousands of suicide attackers against the United States if U.S. troops invade, a senior Iraqi official was quoted today as saying. Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan said in an interview with a German magazine that Iraq's ability to withstand U.S. military might was "unlimited" and that U.S. ground troops would face tough resistance. "We have no long-range missiles or bomber squadrons, but we will deploy thousands of...
German magazine reports "furious protests" by Iran against Defence Minister Scha
German magazine reports "furious protests" by Iran against Defence Minister Scharping German Defence Minister Rudolf Scharping's Middle East trip has resulted in a controversy with the mullahs' regime in Tehran. At the beginning of last week, German Ambassador Klaus Zeller was summoned to the Iranian Foreign Ministry. He had to listen to furious protests against "unacceptable" and "extremely hostile...
