Serb and Kosovar paramilitaries, Indonesian forces in East Timor and Hutu fighters in the Congo shared the “Haman of the Year” award presented during the B’nai B’rith’s U.N. Office’s annual purimspiel. Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel, who formed a coalition with Austrian extremist Jorg Haider’s Freedom Party won the King Ahashveraus Award for dumb actions.
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