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Next leader to have a shoe thrown at him/her: Which continent will he/she be from?
According to various news sources, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was on the receiving end of a show throwing incident while he was in the city of Urmia this past week. The incident wasn't covered by Iran's major news outlets, as those outlets are controlled by Ahmadinejad. However, according to an article on Haaretz.com, "...it has been widely commented upon in the Islamic Republic's blogosphere, which is viewed as one of the most developed in the world. It is one of the key tools for disseminating information that contradicts the position of the regime that controls the traditional media."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1069220.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/06/shoe-protest-iran-ahmadinejad
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/shoe-thrown-iranian-president/story.aspx?guid={536C0008-330D-42BD-BF62-00E8A753C3C3}&dist=msr_2
http://urmiye.blogfa.com/post-262.aspx (Persian)
Background:
Wen Jiabao was nearing the end of his lecture to a hand-picked audience of Cambridge students when a young man in the auditorium blew a whistle and shouted: How can the university prostitute itself with this dictator?" More on the Times
First George W Bush and now it is China's leaders turn. Who will the anarchic shoe throwers target next?
Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source. Shoe needs to be thrown at the leader with a possibility of it hitting him/her.
| North America |
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| South America |
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| Europe (inc Russia) |
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| Africa |
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| Asia |
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| Australasia |
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| None in 2009 |
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Initial likelihoods: North America: 10%, South America: 10%, Europe (inc Russia): 15%, Africa: 10%, Asia: 10%, Australasia: 5%, None in 2009: 40%
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: According to various news sources, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was on the receiving end of a show throwing incident while he was in the city of Urmia this past week. The incident wasn't covered by Iran's major news outlets, as those outlets are controlled by Ahmadinejad. However, according to an article on Haaretz.com, "...it has been widely commented upon in the Islamic Republic's blogosphere, which is viewed as one of the most developed in the world. It is one of the key tools for disseminating information that contradicts the position of the regime that controls the traditional media."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1069220.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/06/shoe-protest-iran-ahmadinejad
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/shoe-thrown-iranian-president/story.aspx?guid={536C0008-330D-42BD-BF62-00E8A753C3C3}&dist=msr_2
http://urmiye.blogfa.com/post-262.aspx (Persian)
Suspend date: Sun 20th Dec 11:59pm PST (4 weeks to go)
Settlement date: Sun 8th Mar 5:09am PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Fri 6th Mar 11:59pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled details 
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predicted None in 2009 (H$200 at 46%)
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predicted None in 2009 (H$375 at 43%)
predicted Asia (H$20 at 11%)
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predicted Europe (inc Russia) (H$100 at 17%)Comments (8)
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