Friday, May 06, 2005
 Financial Times May 1 2005 [mirror]: Behind closed doors in a Bavarian hotel, a group of powerful men and women will this week debate the future of the world.
The 120-strong gathering, known as the Bilderberg group after the Dutch hotel where it first met in 1954, [its] steering committee includes Josef Ackermann of Deutsche Bank; Jorma Ollila of Nokia; Richard Perle, the former Pentagon adviser; Vernon Jordan, the confidant of former US president Bill Clinton; Jürgen Schrempp of DaimlerChrysler; Peter Sutherland of Goldman Sachs International; Daniel Vasella of Novartis; and James Wolfensohn of the World Bank.
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...projects such as the euro and the European Union itself have been hatched by the Bilder-bergers.
This year's event will open with a discussion chaired by Henry Kissinger, former US secretary of state, on the meaning of "freedom" a hot topic since President George W. Bush's liberal use of the word in his inauguration speech sparked off speculation about a worldwide US agenda for regime change.
Natan Sharansky, the author of Mr Bush's favourite book on democracy, will participate...
... figures such as Paul Wolfowitz, the controversial incoming president of the World Bank, are long-standing members ...
Meanwhile, TERENCE HUNT, AP White House Correspondent reports 05-05: [...]Bush prepared to leave Friday on a four-nation European trip centered on celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany. The main event will be Monday when Bush joins Putin and more than 50 world leaders at a military parade in Red Square.[...]
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