Apparently working for the UN is hazardous to your health, even more so if you are British.
From the telegraph.co.uk: A British nuclear expert has fallen to his death from the 17th floor of the United Nations offices in Vienna
The 47-year-old man, who has not been named, died after falling more than 120ft to the bottom of a stairwell.He worked for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, an international agency charged with uncovering illicit nuclear tests.
Well I can't imagine anyone being threatened by someone with that occupation, can you?
A UN spokesman in the Austrian capital said there were no "suspicious circumstances" surrounding the man's death, while a police spokesman said that no other person was believed to have been involved.No suicide note has been found.
The incident happened on Tuesday as the United States, France, Russia and Iran held talks close by aimed at cooling tensions over Tehran's nuclear programme.
Investigators refused to reveal any further background information on the official but confirmed an autopsy will be held.
No suspicious circumstances, eh? Oh well that settles it. Move along, nothing to see here folks.
Four months ago another UN worker also believed to be British fell a similar distance at the same building, according to other staff working there.
Ok, I'm going with either:
a) The British are just really clumsy - especially those who work in that particular building
or
b) These two were recently sentenced to death by a "health panel" and decided to take matters into their own hands.
Got any better ideas?



Comments (5)
Hmm. They were British. W... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Mike G in Corvallis | October 22, 2009 2:33 AM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Hmm. They were British. Were they also Jewish, I wonder?
1. Posted by Mike G in Corvallis | October 22, 2009 2:33 AM |
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Posted on October 22, 2009 02:33
2. Posted by epador | October 22, 2009 8:06 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Mike, if they were British they were more likely Muslim than Jewish.
2. Posted by epador | October 22, 2009 8:06 AM |
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Posted on October 22, 2009 08:06
3. Posted by Roy | October 22, 2009 9:06 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Some prankster wrote "Lift" next to an open window?
3. Posted by Roy | October 22, 2009 9:06 AM |
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Posted on October 22, 2009 09:06
4. Posted by GarandFan | October 22, 2009 9:24 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Have to wait and see if it happens a 3rd time. If it does, I'd suspect a liberal. Once they've established a play book they can't seem to veer from it.
4. Posted by GarandFan | October 22, 2009 9:24 AM |
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Posted on October 22, 2009 09:24
5. Posted by Flu-Bird | October 22, 2009 10:47 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Becuase the UN big wigs put others in the face of danger so they can live their estravgent and spoiled lifestyles of the despots and mass killers they are
5. Posted by Flu-Bird | October 22, 2009 10:47 AM |
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Posted on October 22, 2009 10:47