April 2, 2012

Hungarian President Resigns in Plagiarism Scandal

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian President Pal Schmitt resigned Monday because of a plagiarism scandal regarding a doctoral dissertation he had written 20 years ago on the Olympics.>>>

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