THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, Germany's defence minister, said he would "temporarily" drop his PhD title owing to a plagiarism scandal threatening to engulf the career of one the country's most popular politicians.Following a meeting with Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg announced he would "temporarily give up my doctorate title" until a university investigation into alleged plagiarism in his PhD thesis was complete, but he refused to resign.
His announcement came as public prosecutors in Bayreuth, the town were [sic] Mr Guttenberg wrote the law dissertation at the centre of the scandal, said he was now under criminal investigation for copyright infringement and signing a false affidavit. >>> Matthew Day, Warsaw | Friday, February 18, 2011
