Tuesday, February 10, 2009

"Bin Laden" rejected for dream island job

BEIJING, Feb.10 (Chinese medianet) -- A dream job on a

tropical island in Australia has attracted over 11,000 applicants -- including

Osama bin Laden who failed to make the shortlist.

A spokeswoman for Tourism

Queensland said the group had received over

11,000 video applications since advertising the96,000 dollars"best

job in the world" as caretaker of Hamilton Island on the Great Barrier Reef.

One of the applications was a 30-second prank video

showing the world's most wanted man, with nonsensical sounds dubbed over his

real voice.

Using subtitles, bin Laden argued his case for the

six-month contract, describing himself as "outgoing," "familiar with sandy

areas" and experienced with "large scale event coordination."

He listed his interests as arts, crafts and

renovating. Videos showing bin Laden speaking are widely available on the

Internet.

A spokeswoman for Tourism Queensland said a person

using bin Laden's identity has lodged an official application with required

video that has made its way onto video sharing website YouTube, but the

application has been rejected.

"The 'Osama bin Laden' application was submitted

via a website but it was rejected because the content was

not deemed to be appropriate," said the spokeswoman.

The 1.7 million dollar marketing campaign has

attracted huge international interest, with applicants from 162

countries.

(Agencies)

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