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Euro Edition: Morning Papers

Aired October 02, 2003 - 05:47   ET

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


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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: It is time now, though, to check on what's making headlines overseas in this morning's "Euro Edition." Becky Anderson live in London for us.
Good morning.

BECKY ANDERSON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: A very good morning to you, Carol.

A couple of stories before we move on to an embarrassing story for the British, which I'm sure you will love. But let's start off with "The Times" this morning and a wonderful picture of a little girl in Baghdad who is registering for school for the first time in a very long time. New rulers, but a few books as Iraqis go back to school. And this story I know Michael Holmes has been covering for CNN these kids getting back to school across Iraq. But unfortunately, aside from the books that have been provided by the U.S. authorities, there is very little else for these kids in Baghdad. But at least they are registering to get back to school. So some sort of life back for these little kids in Iraq.

Another story in the "Financial Times" today, Brussels warns U.S. over Buy America bill (ph). And a warning from the Eve (ph) Commission that there is a potential transatlantic spat in the offing if legislation allows for U.S. manufacturers to buy their essential weapons -- sorry, the Pentagon to buy their essential weapons from U.S. manufacturers only. And obviously, you know another potential spat in the offing, as I say, there and Brussels not at all happy by that.

Let me bring you this story that I've really enjoyed this morning. You know how the British are terrible snobs. I'm happy to admit to that when it comes to our art. Well it appears we're complete Philistines. We had absolutely no idea.

This picture I'm sure you recognize. I'm not going to embarrass anybody by asking them who they think this is, but this, of course, is the Water Lillies by Claude Monet. Well 71 percent of British people had absolutely no idea who this painting was by. Seven percent of the population, that's nearly 1 in 10, thought this picture was by an artist called Rolf (ph) Harris, who is actually a children's artist from Australia.

COSTELLO: Oh no.

ANDERSON: I remember him when I was little. He does sort of humble little cartoon drawings of kids and things. The other interesting one was the Mona Lisa and obviously by Leonardo da Vinci, as we all know. Some people thought it was by Jackson Pollock. Other people thought it was...

COSTELLO: Jackson Pollock.

ANDERSON: ... by van Gogh.

COSTELLO: Van Gogh.

(LAUGHTER)

ANDERSON: Don't you just love it.

COSTELLO: You know I shouldn't laugh.

ANDERSON: I'm so embarrassed. I mean this is...

COSTELLO: I shouldn't laugh, because probably many Americans wouldn't have known either. I mean I can admit that.

ANDERSON: Well, you know I hope not. I hope not.

The other story we like this morning isn't on the front pages but it's on the BBC Web site. And you know how cookies always crumble and this is a terrible problem for what we call the biscuit makers in the U.K. but the cookie makers to the likes of you. Cookies always crumble when you open the packet and this is a massive problem to the manufacturers. They have to throw away an inordinate amount of cookies every year.

Well there's some -- there's some research out of Lufbery University by a chap who has spent quite a long time going through an awful amount of biscuits in order to work out that it's the humidity in the factories where these biscuits are baked which allows for too much air and moisture in these biscuits and therefore, they break them. This is extremely important research they tell us because it means for better biscuits going forth.

My producer, who is sitting just here, he says biscuits crumble, don't they (ph), that's the way it happens.

COSTELLO: You know what they should do, though?

ANDERSON: That's half of the point. Anyway, they...

COSTELLO: They should take the crumbled cookies and sell them, repackage them and sell them. I bet they would make a lot of -- like doughnut holes. They're making big money on doughnut holes.

ANDERSON: You want to -- you want to tell them (ph)? Come on. Let's explain that.

COSTELLO: Yes, we'll get together. I'll go to London, yes.

ANDERSON: Well let me tell you as well Krispy Kreme -- yes. Krispy Kreme arrived at Harrods last night as well. And we are -- we have been eating Krispy Kreme doughnuts all morning here. So if I'm a bit strange this morning, it's a bit of a sugar rush (ph) (UNINTELLIGIBLE).

COSTELLO: Yes, you got a sugar high.

ANDERSON: Yes.

COSTELLO: Thank you, Becky Anderson, we appreciate it.

She's really funny.

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Aired October 2, 2003 - 05:47   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: It is time now, though, to check on what's making headlines overseas in this morning's "Euro Edition." Becky Anderson live in London for us.
Good morning.

BECKY ANDERSON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: A very good morning to you, Carol.

A couple of stories before we move on to an embarrassing story for the British, which I'm sure you will love. But let's start off with "The Times" this morning and a wonderful picture of a little girl in Baghdad who is registering for school for the first time in a very long time. New rulers, but a few books as Iraqis go back to school. And this story I know Michael Holmes has been covering for CNN these kids getting back to school across Iraq. But unfortunately, aside from the books that have been provided by the U.S. authorities, there is very little else for these kids in Baghdad. But at least they are registering to get back to school. So some sort of life back for these little kids in Iraq.

Another story in the "Financial Times" today, Brussels warns U.S. over Buy America bill (ph). And a warning from the Eve (ph) Commission that there is a potential transatlantic spat in the offing if legislation allows for U.S. manufacturers to buy their essential weapons -- sorry, the Pentagon to buy their essential weapons from U.S. manufacturers only. And obviously, you know another potential spat in the offing, as I say, there and Brussels not at all happy by that.

Let me bring you this story that I've really enjoyed this morning. You know how the British are terrible snobs. I'm happy to admit to that when it comes to our art. Well it appears we're complete Philistines. We had absolutely no idea.

This picture I'm sure you recognize. I'm not going to embarrass anybody by asking them who they think this is, but this, of course, is the Water Lillies by Claude Monet. Well 71 percent of British people had absolutely no idea who this painting was by. Seven percent of the population, that's nearly 1 in 10, thought this picture was by an artist called Rolf (ph) Harris, who is actually a children's artist from Australia.

COSTELLO: Oh no.

ANDERSON: I remember him when I was little. He does sort of humble little cartoon drawings of kids and things. The other interesting one was the Mona Lisa and obviously by Leonardo da Vinci, as we all know. Some people thought it was by Jackson Pollock. Other people thought it was...

COSTELLO: Jackson Pollock.

ANDERSON: ... by van Gogh.

COSTELLO: Van Gogh.

(LAUGHTER)

ANDERSON: Don't you just love it.

COSTELLO: You know I shouldn't laugh.

ANDERSON: I'm so embarrassed. I mean this is...

COSTELLO: I shouldn't laugh, because probably many Americans wouldn't have known either. I mean I can admit that.

ANDERSON: Well, you know I hope not. I hope not.

The other story we like this morning isn't on the front pages but it's on the BBC Web site. And you know how cookies always crumble and this is a terrible problem for what we call the biscuit makers in the U.K. but the cookie makers to the likes of you. Cookies always crumble when you open the packet and this is a massive problem to the manufacturers. They have to throw away an inordinate amount of cookies every year.

Well there's some -- there's some research out of Lufbery University by a chap who has spent quite a long time going through an awful amount of biscuits in order to work out that it's the humidity in the factories where these biscuits are baked which allows for too much air and moisture in these biscuits and therefore, they break them. This is extremely important research they tell us because it means for better biscuits going forth.

My producer, who is sitting just here, he says biscuits crumble, don't they (ph), that's the way it happens.

COSTELLO: You know what they should do, though?

ANDERSON: That's half of the point. Anyway, they...

COSTELLO: They should take the crumbled cookies and sell them, repackage them and sell them. I bet they would make a lot of -- like doughnut holes. They're making big money on doughnut holes.

ANDERSON: You want to -- you want to tell them (ph)? Come on. Let's explain that.

COSTELLO: Yes, we'll get together. I'll go to London, yes.

ANDERSON: Well let me tell you as well Krispy Kreme -- yes. Krispy Kreme arrived at Harrods last night as well. And we are -- we have been eating Krispy Kreme doughnuts all morning here. So if I'm a bit strange this morning, it's a bit of a sugar rush (ph) (UNINTELLIGIBLE).

COSTELLO: Yes, you got a sugar high.

ANDERSON: Yes.

COSTELLO: Thank you, Becky Anderson, we appreciate it.

She's really funny.

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