POSTED: 1511 GMT (2311 HKT), March 13, 2007
HELSINKI, Finland (Reuters) -- A Finnish member of parliament is aiming for re-election by campaigning with a translation of his Web site into Klingon, used in the TV series "Star Trek."
"Some have thought it is blasphemy to mix politics and Klingon," said Jyrki Kasvi, an ardent Trekkie. "Others say it is good if politicians can laugh at themselves."
He said his politics posed some translation difficulties, since Klingon does not have words for matters such as tolerance, or for many colors, including green -- the party under whose banner he is running in the national elections on March 18.
Non-warriors can also access the site in English, Swedish and Finnish.
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Thanks to Otal Nimrodi for this short one
great.... another geek leader in the world.
(in other news... not so far away)
Company of Swiss troops marches into tiny Liechtenstein by mistake
ZURICH, Switzerland - What began as a routine training exercise almost ended in an embarrassing diplomatic incident after a company of Swiss soldiers got lost at night and marched into neighboring Liechtenstein.
According to Swiss daily Blick, the 170 infantry soldiers from the neutral country wandered 2 kilometers (more than a mile) across an unmarked border into the tiny principality early Thursday before realizing their mistake and turning back.
A spokesman for the Swiss army confirmed the story, but said that there were unlikely to be any serious repercussions for the mistaken invasion.
"We've spoken to the authorities in Liechtenstein, and it's not a problem," Daniel Reist told The Associated Press on Friday.
Officials in Liechtenstein also played down the incident.
Interior Ministry spokesman Markus Amman said nobody in Liechtenstein had even noticed the soldiers, who were carrying assault rifles but no ammunition. "It's not like they stormed over here with attack helicopters or something," he said.
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Thanks to J m HofMarN for this short one
2km? Well anyone with even the slightest Eurogeographical knowlege will ask;
They marched 2km into Liechtenstein and were still in it? They must have been going around in circles because Liechtenstein is only a mile wide in some parts... a few more steps and they have been somewhere else.
This post has been edited by barend: 14 March 2007 - 07:24 PM