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THIERRY HENRY, French soccer star, deflecting blame for a handball that led to the game-tying goal against Ireland and earned France a berth in next summer's World Cup finals. Irish pleas for a rematch were denied by FIFA, the sport's governing body...
...carrying the Algerian squad in Cairo triggered a series of skirmishes there and in Algiers that left fans of both teams injured. The conflict escalated after Algeria won a Nov. 18 match between the two countries in Khartoum, Sudan, earning a spot in the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa. Assaults against Egyptian fans leaving the stadium sparked riots outside the Algerian embassy in Cairo and spurred Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to recall his country's ambassador. Though the frenzy is expected to die down, the two sides could face off again at the Africa Cup of Nations...
...adviser underlines the new tone. "The big difference today is that now we have a leadership that says, 'Guys - we've got big problems,'" he says. "Because the truth is, we can't afford another 15 years like this." (See pictures of Johannesburg's preparations for soccer's World Cup...
Zuma's most public test will come next June, when South Africa stages the football World Cup - whose expected 500,000 fans will deliver an unprecedented challenge to his government's ability to deliver on security, transport and infrastructure upgrades. Zuma has also set himself other ambitious targets against which the South African public can judge him. In his state of the nation address in June, the new President promised half a million public-works jobs by the end of this year and 4 million by 2014; universal primary education and 95% enrolment in secondary schools...
...Read "Hey Ireland, Please Drop the World Cup Do-Over...