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Ever since he attended Argentina's loss to Cameroon in the 1990 Cup, President Carlos Menem has been viewed as a jinx, or "mufa." On a visit to the U.S. last month, Menem purposely passed up a chance to see Argentina play Nigeria -- an election-year ploy, insiders...
...they tied Norway 0-0, sending the Norwegians home, with Erin securing itself a place in the second round . . . Mexico won its group with a 1-1 tie with Italy -- the Italian's future is still up in the air . . TONIGHT: Brazil tied Sweden 1-1; Russia whomped Cameroon...
...World Cup soccer. The U.S.-led commercial travel ban, designed to budge the ruling junta, kicks in at midnight, and about half the 8,000 Americans in Haiti are expected to leave the country. But even as the deadline approached, virtually everyone took time out to watch local favorites Cameroon and Brazil face off. "This place is a powder keg, and it could go off at any minute," TIME correspondent Cathy Booth says from Haiti. "But there's one thing everyone has in common -- they're all soccer fanatics...
Brazil advanced past Cameroon and into the second round with a score of 3-0. Mexico battled past Ireland to win their first match...
...tournament's biggest upset so far: the Irish victory over Italy, 1-0. The Yanks held their own, tying Switzerland 1-1. Other scores: Saturday, June 18 -- Romania 3, Colombia 1 . . . Sunday, June 19 -- Cameroon 2, Sweden 2 . . . Norway 1, Mexico 0 . . . Belgium 1, Morocco 0 . . . Monday, June 20--Brazil 2, Russia...