His cause is almost completely unknown outside of Germany, a quick Google search resulted in no english results.

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Browne, 53, is a donnish, Cambridge-educated oil engineer who loves the opera, smokes Cuban cigars and collects Mapplethorpe photographs (of flowers, he is quick to point out) and 18th-century English furniture.

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Across India, adopting the pronunciation of a local language is a quick way to soothe those who worry that the English language is colonising the country more thoroughly than the British ever did.

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But firstly most clubs are still playing recognisably English football, as many of the foreign players are quick to testify.

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Wii UK's YouTube vid (see continued) buyers seemed to be in high spirits at the Wii main launch event at the Oxford Street HMV retailer in London, where crowds were regaled as former English footballer Ian Wright (left) took on boxing champion Ricky Hatton (right) in a quick bout at Wii Boxing. (Wright was victorious, if you must know).

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