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...annual assaults can be either subtle or brazen. And, really, people should see them coming. But in a media world addicted to drama and the bizarre, credulity will always take a hit. April Fools' Day 2009 is no different. From the Middle East, where peace threatened to break out, to Switzerland, where the national obsession with neatness created jobs for mountain cleaners, the world once again fell prey to an array of hoaxers, fibbers and tellers of tall tales - all excused by a strange yearly tradition of mysterious origin. Here are a few of the bogus news items that have...
Paramilitary troops and élite police commandos were called to the facility on Monday morning after an estimated 15 gunmen stormed onto the premises at 7 a.m., blasting their way in with the use of grenades and sophisticated weapons. In a brazen, military-style operation, the attackers - some of whom wore police uniforms, while others were masked and clothed in white - entered the grounds while the trainees were performing their morning drill on the parade ground. (See pictures from the assault...
...most-talked-about art of the past decade or so was shiny, shrill and brazen. Damien Hirst's diamond-crusted skull, Jeff Koons' big mirror-steel bling things, Richard Prince's slutty-nurse paintings: they were all the swaggering output of a boom time. There were plenty of artists working in a different key, but no one could claim that anguished moralists were the representative figures...
...brazen strike in a fortified part of the capital near the Interior and Oil ministries and other government offices took place just? hours before Major General David Perkins, spokesman for U.S forces in Iraq, said that American troops would be pared down from 14 to 12 brigades by September, reducing the 140,000-strong force by 12,000. President Barack Obama plans to withdraw all combat troops by September next year, leaving a residual force of up to 50,000 support and training troops. Four thousand British troops are also scheduled to pull out in the next few months...
...brazen nature of the attack and its high-profile targets will sink Pakistan's reputation further, analysts say, driving away foreign investment and delivering a blow to the country's much-celebrated national sport. The Pakistani rupee and the main stock exchange both dipped at the news. "It's a very serious incident that escalates the present state of affairs," says Masood, the retired general. "It gives an idea of how the frontiers of terrorism are expanding in Pakistan. It also shows how Pakistan is vulnerable. It is no longer capable of hosting international events...