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BRAWL ERUPTS AT WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM WEIGH-IN
Gates Bites AOL Rival; Critics Call for End to "Weigh-In Circuses"

The weigh-in for the World Economic Forum today devolved into a mass brawl as heavyweights such as Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates suddenly lunged at (and allegedly bit) a top AOL executive, while other world leaders and business titans talked economic trash while posing for the cameras.

Afterward, a defensive W.E.F. President Klaus Schwab defended the forum, which annually brings together 3,000 of the world's most elite businesspeople, politicians, religious leaders, and, for some reason, entertainers. However, he conceded he might consider canceling the opening weigh-in, particularly in light of last year's melee at Davos, Switzerland, which began when British Petroleum CEO Sir John Browne taunted Bank of France governor Jean-Claude Trichet with shouts of, "You're going down! You're going down! I want to eat your children!"

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