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Dahari refused to give out the exact figure for fear of impeding the fundraising effort...
...incident, and warning Zidane could lose the Golden Ball award sports writers accorded him as the most valuable player in the World Cup, the full impact of his now infamous header may not be fully known for some time still. Zidane's career may well be over, but his exact legacy is still a work in progress...
...What will happen when Zidane answers the burning question? Probably nothing. Polls show 61% of French people already forgive Zidane for the head-butt, while 52% say they understand his violent response. Those numbers will probably increase once the exact words Materazzi spoke are known. Meanwhile, even after seeing the head-butt, sports writers voted Zidane the Cup's best player and awarded the Frenchman the tournament's Golden Ball - a superlative their peers denied Zidane in 2001 voting for best pro player in Europe, after he broke a bone in a rival's face with an earlier head-butt...
...that North Korea is trying to modify a Taepo Dong-2 missile to carry a lighter warhead as far as the mainland U.S., but that capability is thought to be years away The missile that crashed in two minutes is believed to be a three-stage rocket, though its exact configuration remains unclear. North Korea has several variations with longer potential ranges [This article contains a table. Please see hardcopy of magazine.] Scud B Scud C Nodong Taepo Dong-1 Taepo Dong-2 STATUS Developed Developed Developed Tested In development RANGE 200 miles 350 miles 800 miles...
...Brennand Mueller notes many applicants find it disquieting that the criteria changes from year to year. “What we admit one year from a given school, you could do almost the same exact things and we might not taken you the next year given the strength of the pool and how that class is coming together,” she says. “It’s not an ideal answer to people. People always want absolutes...