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The President has been Robbed During President Bush's recent trip to Albania, he was treated like a rock star by the throngs of citizens gathered to cheer him on and shake his hand. It seems that one of them was more interested in taking something off his wrist than shaking his hand...... Series of Photos (At the end of the series of photos the journalist describes where the watch disappears and suggests that perhaps it fell to the ground. He then states that the most likely scenario, however, was that one of the Albanians slipped the President's watch off his wrist. Italians are familiar with Albanian gangs whose pick pocket skills are legendary) Video UPDATE: Turns out that the president took off his watch and put it in his pocket......(From Corriere della Sera) Scroll down Or here for a more English friendly update from the London Times |