THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: A German university on Thursday gave the country's defense minister two weeks to respond to allegations that he plagiarised part of his doctoral thesis.Bayreuth University, which accepted his thesis in 2007, said it notified Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg of the deadline in a letter, German news agency DAPD reported.
Mr Guttenberg was out of the country on Thursday on a previously unannounced visit to German troops in Afghanistan. Polls regularly rate him Germany's most popular politician, and the plagiarism row has prompted opposition figures to cast doubt on his political future. >>> | Thursday, February 17, 2011
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