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a liar, an assassin and a dummy...


French President Nicolas Sarkozy called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a "liar" in remarks to US President Barack Obama overheard by journalists.

"I can't stand him any more, he's a liar," Mr Sarkozy said in French.

"You may be sick of him, but me, I have to deal with him every day," Mr Obama replied.

The exchange at the G20 summit was quoted by a French website, Arret sur Images, and confirmed by other media.

The remarks - during a private conversation - were overheard by a few journalists last week but were not initially reported, the BBC's Christian Fraser in Paris says.

Journalists at the bilateral press conference had been handed translation boxes but had been told not to plug in their headphones until the backroom conversation had finished. But those who did heard the revealing comments.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15635476

as long as we all move in the same direction...

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-11-08/fish-follow-rules-like-car-drivers/3653114?WT.svl=news4

 

Shoals of fish are able to move and turn in seamless formation by following simple rules that are like those used by car drivers, researchers say.

The research, which builds on earlier work showing that fish in large groups make better decisions than individuals or small groups, is reported in this week's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

"Some of the most incredible sights in nature happen when animals form into groups and move together as if choreographed," said lead author James Herbert-Read, a PhD student in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Sydney.

Many theories have been put forward about how animals might communicate in order to achieve this.

"But now we're finding that it's really, really simple," Mr Herbert-Read said.

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