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...postmatch admission that he had handled the ball, acknowledging that "the fairest solution would be to replay the game." He insisted that the use of his hand during the game was "an instinctive reaction" and defended his previously irreproachable reputation by saying, "I am not a cheat and never have been." "I naturally feel embarrassed at the way that we won and feel extremely sorry for the Irish who definitely deserve to be in South Africa," he said. (Read "Behind Zizou's Moment of Madness...
...Unfortunately, his call for a rematch came a few hours after FIFA had already rejected the idea outright. Ireland fans might be excused, then, for not thinking Henry's comments were better late than never...
...already tried it once with Oxygen, now owned by NBC, and home to many reality shows that feature Janice Dickinson or have names that smack of ratings desperation like The Naughty Kitchen and Bad Girls Club. OWN, says Oprah, will reflect her "vision, values and interests." (Which Oxygen never quite did.) (See the top 10 skanky reality shows...
...Obama quietly killed the Gitmo plan in the second week of May; Craig never got a chance to argue the case to the President. "It was a political decision, to put it bluntly," says an aide. The stumble had long-term consequences: later that month, Congress blocked the release of Guantánamo detainees in the U.S. and restricted their transfer there for trial. The White House realized it had to start over on a signature issue. (See pictures of prison life inside Baghdad's Camp Cropper...
...This strategy is a conscious rejection of the Bush Administration's approach, which was never big on deference. The challenge for the President is that with almost a year in office, he has little to show for his global charm campaign beyond a Nobel Prize, soaring international poll approval and the promise of many more diplomatic dialogues to come. As Obama's foreign policy ambitions move beyond the introductory phase, harder questions are coming to the fore: When does politeness lapse into passivity? When does seeking common ground erode the soil that anchors American priorities...