Noble achievements?

We here in Europe looked on with great mirth as Kim Jong Il, the former leader of North Korea, claimed to have shot 11 holes-in-one in a single round of golf.

Mon, 22 Oct, 2012 - 01:00

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One wonders if the North Korean people had access to the news, how hard would they laugh at hearing that the EU had won the Nobel Prize for peace.

Simon O’Connor

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Courts Columnists Place: Europe Place: North Korea Place: Dublin Person: Kim Jong Il Person: Simon O’Connor Organisation: EU

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