Robomatic,

it's 'Die perfekte Welle', one of the most successful songs of this year. 'The perfect wave' sems to be this summer's german youth language for 'extremely good'.

Helicopters of the Sri Lankan army (certainly not German army helicopters) are transporting tourists from a region that is inaccessible by land (street damaged by the tsunami) to a point from which they can travel on by car. One of these tourists was Kohl. The press, of course, mentions by name only the one who they think is known. Whether he was flown out first (2 days after the tsunami) or not I don't know.

I prefer politicians in disasters not to interfere with the local rescuing activities and to comment from a place further away.

Wolfgang