Sunday, February 20, 2011

German Defense Minister to temporarily waive their PhD

German Defense Minister, Karl Theodor zu Guttenberg, announced Friday that resignation, temporarily, to his title of 'doctor'. The star of the Executive Minister Angela Merkel has made these statements after being accused of plagiarism. In any case, Zu Guttenberg has reaffirmed its absolute originality of his thesis.

"My dissertation is a plagiarism," he said in a public statement the German Defense owner, who denied any intention of plagiarism or falsification in the drafting of this work that earned him a grade of 'suma cum laude, but acknowledged that the text contains Dating errors and omissions footer.

Guttenberg apologized to those authors who feel plagiarized, but in turn insisted that he intends to resign. His resignation will be provisional degree certificate during the investigation initiated by the University of Bayreuth, with which, he said, intends to work at all times. In parallel, the University of Bayreuth announced that two complaints have been filed and legal proceedings against the minister, who is accused of plagiarism when preparing his doctoral thesis, submitted in this prestigious academic institution.

Guttenberg has been charged with violating intellectual property law and for making a false oath, said a spokesman for the academic center, which opened an investigation into the thesis of Guttenberg, full screen without apparently footer numerous authors. The number of authors plagiarized by Guttenberg in his doctoral thesis in the meantime has increased to 15, according to German media stress.

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