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...appointed as their head a man the U.S. suspects of collaborating with al-Qaeda. Mogadishu locals, who had cheered the demise of the warlords, began to fret when their new Islamic leaders cracked down much as the Taliban did in its early days in Afghanistan: young men watching World Cup football from Germany were beaten, and men wearing long hair were forced to have it cut. Talks between the Islamists and the fragile interim Somali government - elected in neighboring Kenya more than two years ago but powerless ever since and holed up in the southern Somali city of Baidoa - also...
SUSPENDED. Zinédine Zidane, 34, retired captain of France's soccer team; for three games, for head butting Italy's Marco Materazzi in the chest during the World Cup final in Berlin, which Italy won; by FIFA, soccer's governing body; in Zurich. Materazzi, who Zidane said provoked him repeatedly, was suspended for two games. Because Zidane retired immediately after the final, he agreed to perform community service for three days in lieu of his suspension...
...Overstretched Referees Re "Officially Wrong" [July 3], about the World Cup referees making bad calls: A single referee must linger near the center of the field and watch all the action from a distance. Since most penalties occur near the goals, it is understandable that refs make such bad calls. And with television cameras capturing every angle of play, we spectators know instantly that a referee has blown it. Despite the advances in ball technology that have made the game faster, there has been no increase in the number of referees. I agree with retired ref Gilles Veissi...
...wealthy. But nothing changes the fact that you’d have to be crazy to want to sleep with a coat hanger. Sarah C. McKetta ’09, a Crimson editorial editor, is an anthropology concentrator in Winthrop House. She actually enjoyed Italy’s World Cup victory, and has just started a hanger collection...
...cheap shot seen round the world--French star Zinédine Zidane head-butted Marco Materazzi of Italy in the last minutes of the World Cup final. (Zidane says Materazzi insulted his mom and sister.) Most sports ban head-butting, but there have been extraordinary examples...