Germany's top diplomat to join PU faculty

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<p>this has been rumored for some time, but now reality:</p>

<p>Former German foreign minister Joschka Fischer is to become a guest professor at America's ivy league Princeton University this fall, the weekly Der Spiegel news magazine reported on its website. </p>

<p>The 58-year-old ex-high school dropout is to hold a seminar on international crisis diplomacy. </p>

<p>Fischer who is still a Green Party lawmaker in the German parliament, signed also contract with the renowned New York-based think-tank, the 'Council on Foreign Relations'. </p>

<p>Germany's former top diplomat writes also editorials for a US press syndicate since May. </p>

<p>Fischer held the foreign minister post from 1998 until 2005. </p>

<p><a href="http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-16/0606172274151516.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-16/0606172274151516.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>wilson school follows with press release:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.wws.princeton.edu/coverstory.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.wws.princeton.edu/coverstory.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>"I am pleased and excited to join the faculty of the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton, the preeminent institution for the study of international relations in the U.S.," commented Fischer.</p>

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<p>"calls for former german foreign minister to mediate in mideast conflict" (european jewish press):</p>

<p><a href="http://www.ejpress.org/article/news/western_europe/9679%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.ejpress.org/article/news/western_europe/9679&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>dude... this is old news... its been like two weeks now, and the rumors started like 6 month ago...
but still, we're gonna miss him, altough he never got his hs diploma ^^</p>

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<p>note that the "old news" was originally posted over month ago, and before it was even announced by princeton. the article linked in post #3 was published today, and concerns an ongoing war.</p>

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<p>well... he gave his official press conferences just about two weeks ago, so I cant see how they could have posted the first article "month ago"... fischer himself never confirmed anything until he gave his pree conference...</p>

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<p>june 17, 2006: </p>

<p>"'I am pleased and excited to join the faculty of the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton, the preeminent institution for the study of international relations in the U.S.,' commented Fischer."</p>

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<p>weird... I thought he would inform his own ppl(germans) before anyone else... well I guess I was wrong... he never seemed to like his own folks anyway</p>