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...South Korea was Osama bin Laden. Italy, the country that invented vendetta, wasn't content merely to point fingers, either. Someone had to take the fall. The victim: Ahn Jung Hwan, who scored the golden goal for Korea that knocked Italy out of the Cup. Prior to his hometown heroics, Ahn was an unremarkable player for Perugia in Italy's Serie A league. Perugia president Luciano Gaucci last week booted Ahn off the team. "I have no intention of paying a salary to someone who has ruined Italian soccer," Gaucci hissed, calling the Korean's suddenly sensational play "an affront...
...give us your Bible, we will take you and put you in prison.'" She adds, "The police said, 'You don't worship God, you only worship the American government.'" After the police raids, which took place less than a week after the mass demonstrations, the frightened girl fled her hometown and settled in the U.S. Hundreds of others face a similar fate. "We are fighting for religious freedom," says Y Mphiap, 29, who, with his pregnant wife and three children, left Vietnam and recently arrived in Greensboro. "The government closed down our churches and keeps calling in our pastors...
...five years that have since passed, Mokhtar's star has soared, his rise accelerating noticeably since the departure of Daim last June after a falling out with the Prime Minister. Associates say Mokhtar's ambitions extend to nothing less than turning his adopted hometown of Johor Bahru into a second Singapore by spending millions of dollars upgrading the roads and water supply, developing every inch of the 2,000 acres on which the port sits?the goal is to double or treble current capacity?and transforming the town's airport into a major air-cargo hub. Mahathir...
...Crimson started off the fall championship season auspiciously by defending the Sloops national title, led by the two-time All-American Doyle, who had special motivation to win the event in his hometown of St. Petersburg, Fla. Junior Dan Litchfield and sophomore Cardwell Potts were the other competitors...
HIGHLIGHTS Doyle leads team to Sloops National Title in his hometown of St. Petersburg. Senior Margaret Gill places fifth in women’s singlehanded nationals. Junior Clay Bischoff places third on the men’s side...