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Bush confuses Apec with Opep and calls Australians Austrians
Published in 07/09/2007 to 08h55m
EFE

SYDNEY - The president of the United States, George W. Bush, justified in this friday its fame of protagonist of gafes, confusing the Fórum de Economic Cooperação (Apec) with the Organization of the Exporting Countries of Oil (Opep, that in the acronym in English is Opec) and transforming the Australian troops into Austrians. The first slip little happened after the beginning of its speech to a group of enterprise leaders who attend the cupola of the Apec, in Sydney.

- I thank to the Mr. first-minister, for its presentation - it said, mentioning the head to it of Australian Government, John Howard.

- Obliged for being an excellent host of the cupola of the Opep - it added, provoking the outbursts of laughter of the hearing.

Bush, accustomed the situations as this, used to advantage to make a trick.

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It invited me to go to the cupola of the Opep in the next year
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- It invited me to go to the cupola of the Opep in the next year - he commented.

He did not finish for there. Minutes later, Bush remembered the visit of Howard to “the Austrianâ€