Narnia Walks Out of WTO Talks

Some news outlets were fooled by a fake press release which detailed how the "independent state of Narnia" had walked out of World Trade Organization talks in Hong Kong:

It quoted Narnia spokeswoman Susan Aslan (Aslan is the name of the Christ-like lion featured in the film, and book, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe). Narnia's delegates "were tired of bullying by EU and US delegations and would be returning immediately to their state capital at Cair Parvel," Ms Aslan was reported as saying. "If this brings the Hong Kong talks to the knees we will be delighted," it went on. The story was picked up by top business websites, including Forbes.com.

The full story is here.

Thanks to Sci-Fi Wire for the reference.