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...enforcement of laws of secular societies that do not privilege any one religion against another. We lost an opportunity in Nigeria when within a secular constitution encroachments were made, blatantly, openly, by [advocates of Islamic law]. Obasanjo fell down flat on this. He was very ill-advised. The World Cup is playing right now here in Berlin. Are you going to a match? Most certainly not. I like my peace and quiet whenever I can grab...
President Bush's arrival in Baghdad Tuesday caught Iraqis off guard, as the U.S. had planned. But these days it takes more than a visit from the American President to shock them. Coverage of Bush's arrival competed with continuing media coverage of World Cup soccer for the attention of Iraqis. And after the electric response last week to the death of Jordanian arch-terrorist Abu Musab al Zarqawi, the news of Bush's first visit in nearly three years was met with little excitement...
...kilts and tartan scarves, some of whom hitchhiked from New York City, wandered about ... waving bottles of local beer and giant flags bearing their national emblem, the cross of St. Andrew ... El Mundial, (The Global), as this eleventh international competition is nicknamed in Spanish, really is a world cup: the organizers claim that more than a billion of the earth's 4 billion people will watch some part of the month-long soccer tournament [on television...
...third appearance at a European-hosted World Cup tournament, this much we can say: U.S. fans now have this fussball stuff down. "We struggled through the hard years. Now we belong," said attorney Dave Cattie, 31, as he wrestled in line for the right to buy a Bud for three and a half Euros. Budweiser in Germany? Oh, that. The Germans were outraged that an American brewer had the beer concession, but Anheuser Busch knows how to play global marketing as well as anyone: money talks, especially at FIFA, the world soccer body. Nevertheless, AB had to allow a local...
...Compared to the last World Cup, we were not that aggressive, we were reacting. We're just not playing," former national team member Thomas Dooley told TIME. As time ran down, and before the Czechs could do more damage, Dooley headed for the exits with the rest of the losers. "See you in Kaiserslatern," he said, referring to the U.S. game against Italy this Saturday. We'll be there, we told him. Let's just hope the U.S. team shows...