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Euro Edition: Morning Papers

Aired September 12, 2003 - 05:46   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Now let's check on what's making headlines overseas in this morning's "Euro Edition." Tony Campion live in London.
And you know, Tony, the odd thing was Reuters first reported that John Ritter had died.

TONY CAMPION, CNN CORRESPONDENT: That's right, Carol. The funny thing is, I guess, on this side of the Atlantic, if anything, he is less well known than he is in the United States. A lot of sympathies, I'm sure though, for his loss here, too.

I was going to pick up on something you were talking about with Eli just a few minutes ago, you were talking about the murder of the Swedish Foreign Minister. And you know you said to him, you know how was it that the No. 3 person in the country was walking around without a bodyguard? That's really what a lot of the papers are focusing on today, not too much asking that question but highlighting what it is about the Scandinavian culture.

You see here, there she is, a picture of the late Foreign Minister. And two Swedes, actually, you know crying openly in public for her. It is a very open culture that they have, a very honest culture, and they're really quite proud of the fact that their senior politicians don't need bodyguards. This country, Sweden, has managed to avoid all wars this century, can you believe, and some people would look at that in a slightly cynical way and say well that's -- you know that's just on luck and courage.

COSTELLO: Yes, but, Tony, this isn't -- this isn't...

CAMPION: They're very, very proud of it.

COSTELLO: This isn't the first assassination they've had there, right? I mean...

CAMPION: Well that's right. And in 1986 when the Prime Minister was gunned down, I mean that was, you know, a huge shock and almost an embarrassment to the culture. But I think that you know because that's now, what is that 17 years ago, it's almost, you know, forgotten, an incident in the past seen as a one-off.


Aired September 12, 2003 - 05:46   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Now let's check on what's making headlines overseas in this morning's "Euro Edition." Tony Campion live in London.
And you know, Tony, the odd thing was Reuters first reported that John Ritter had died.

TONY CAMPION, CNN CORRESPONDENT: That's right, Carol. The funny thing is, I guess, on this side of the Atlantic, if anything, he is less well known than he is in the United States. A lot of sympathies, I'm sure though, for his loss here, too.

I was going to pick up on something you were talking about with Eli just a few minutes ago, you were talking about the murder of the Swedish Foreign Minister. And you know you said to him, you know how was it that the No. 3 person in the country was walking around without a bodyguard? That's really what a lot of the papers are focusing on today, not too much asking that question but highlighting what it is about the Scandinavian culture.

You see here, there she is, a picture of the late Foreign Minister. And two Swedes, actually, you know crying openly in public for her. It is a very open culture that they have, a very honest culture, and they're really quite proud of the fact that their senior politicians don't need bodyguards. This country, Sweden, has managed to avoid all wars this century, can you believe, and some people would look at that in a slightly cynical way and say well that's -- you know that's just on luck and courage.

COSTELLO: Yes, but, Tony, this isn't -- this isn't...

CAMPION: They're very, very proud of it.

COSTELLO: This isn't the first assassination they've had there, right? I mean...

CAMPION: Well that's right. And in 1986 when the Prime Minister was gunned down, I mean that was, you know, a huge shock and almost an embarrassment to the culture. But I think that you know because that's now, what is that 17 years ago, it's almost, you know, forgotten, an incident in the past seen as a one-off.