Chirac falls for 'Canadian PM' radio prank

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Saturday, January 28, 2006 Posted: 0014 GMT (0814 HKT)

Chirac had a lengthy chat on the phone with phoney Harper.
PARIS, France (Reuters) -- French President Jacques Chirac took a call from Canada's newly elected leader only to find he had been fooled by a pair of radio pranksters known as the "Masked Avengers" in Canada's French-speaking city of Montreal.
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"Exactly Mr. President, liberty, equality and fraternity. Amen," said Audette in his the over-the-top accent, a response that earned the fake prime minister an invitation to make an official visit to France.

When Audette finally revealed himself as a bogus prime minister, Chirac burst out laughing.

"In any case, know that my friendship for Canada and the new conservative government is a real friendship and without reserve," he said.

http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/01/27/france.canada.prank.reut/index.html