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Hello world, welcome to edition 12 of the Bugle for the week commencing Monday, the

14th of January 2008 with me and his oxman in London and in New York City Mr. John Oliver

Hello Bugles, Bonjour, our podcast do's. We've got a huge number of French listeners.

Yeah that's right, what's our thoughts? That is as far as I'm willing to go, welcome me to a

podcast that they will then non-understand. It's noticeable that a number of cars being burnt

in Parisian suburbs has significantly gone down since the Bugle began.

Coming up this week on the Bugle, the Pope gives football his blessing,

is this the end for the beautiful game and will Iran and the USA stop playing

footsie with each other and just have a proper war. As always some sections of the audio news

paper go straight in the bin. This week the health section with features on how it is not only good

but important to have a heart, how to differentiate between the tantrum and a heart attack.

The importance of asking permission before doing a non-emergency trackie off of me and the section

also includes sachets of real viruses to help you pull authentic sickies from work.

There's also a guide to how to choose the right pencil case for your child.

That's in the bin.

Top story this week, Bush is in the Middle East. Bush has landed in the Middle East for the latest

step in his intentions to try and do at least one positive thing before he leaves power,

to spend more time rocking backwards and forwards in the chair in Texas,

whilst whittling something. He landed in Bethlehem by helicopter, just like Jesus did,

and prayed in the grotto of the Nativity and the trip caused massive disruption.

Huge areas of Jerusalem were shut down. His 45 car convoy brought motorways to a standstill

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