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A shoe flies, a leader ducks … a trend is born? (AP)

August 23rd, 2010

FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2008 file photo, Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zeidi throws a shoe at President George W. Bush during a new conference with Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Baghdad, Iraq. Throwing shoes at the mighty has become a global phenomenon that shows no sign of fading away. Since that infamous Baghdad press conference on Dec. 14, 2008, when an Iraqi TV journalist hurled his shoes at President George W. Bush's head and called him a dog, shoes have flown at the prime ministers of China and Turkey, the chief justice of Israel's Supreme Court, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, a Ukrainian politician who favored joining NATO, and a string of Indian politicians. Just this month, shoes flew at Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and the top elected official in Indian-controlled Kashmir. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)AP - For a few days, he was famous the world over — an Iraqi TV journalist who became an instant hero for millions when he hurled his shoes at President George W. Bush’s head and called him a dog.


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