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German Science Minister Faces Plagiarism Scandal

Posted by samzenpus on from the do-your-own-work dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Germany's minister for science and education, Annette Schavan, faces allegations that substantial parts of her PhD thesis have been copied without proper attribution. According to the Wordpress blog that brought up the accusations(German), 56 out of 325 pages of her thesis contain instances of plagiarism. Schavan is the same minister who called an earlier instance of plagiarism by the former German defense minister to be 'embarrassing.'"

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  1. Her Apology by snowgirl · · Score: 2, Funny

    When asked for comment, she responded, "Der Vorwurf, meine Doktorarbeit sei ein Plagiat, ist abstrus." ("The accusation that my doctoral work was plagiarism is abstruse!")

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  2. Re:And in other news by Stormlight · · Score: 3, Funny

    Give me a word, any word, and I show you that the root of that word is Greek.

    Kimono