US: Hitler 'may be dead'

US INTELLIGENCE SOURCES TODAY CLAIMED that German leader Adolf Hitler "could well be dead". Despite being seen joking with his top aides on British and American TV almost nightly, CIA analysts say that the programmes could have been pre-recorded.

"After an exhaustive frame-by-frame analysis of broadcasts such as The World at War, we still cannot be certain that Hitler wasn't killed as coalition forces moved into Berlin in 1945," said a spokesman. "The regular TV appearances could just be a sophisticated hoax."

Reaction from other world leaders was mixed. Saddam Hussain was 'unavailable for comment' and US President George W Bush was quoted as saying "Adolf Who?"

Adolf Hitler is 114. µ