Soccer final brings warring Iraqi factions together

African News Dimension - The bombs didn't stop and the gunfire wasn't celebratory. But nothing was going to distract millions of football-mad Iraqis from the on-field fortunes of the Lions of Mesopotamia on Friday as they battled to bring back the soccer gold medal from the
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Jet-Pa and soccer finances
Turkish Daily News - Newspapers on Thursday reported that the Jet-Pa (Jet Marketing) company is in financial difficulties. Specifically, according to Fatih Altayli writing in Hurriyet, it has been forced to abandon its huge Jet-Kent housing development, has halted
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Frontline: Iraq
American Reporter - How about soccer? What, no soccer? Too bad. My 4th of July started at 0500 when I awoke from my containerized housing unit and headed to the airfield to stretch for one of the two 5K races being held here in Mosul. Just getting a chance to run
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SOU soccer gets academic award
Medford Mail Tribune - ASHLAND The Southern Oregon women's soccer team has been recognized by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America as a Team Academic Award winner for the 2005-06 academic year. The award was given out to all collegiate soccer teams that
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Soccer: Step up or lose spot NZ told
New Zealand Herald - The FFA have set a deadline of January 31 for new owners to step forward and take over the Knights or they will give the licence to an Australian club. The FFA have said they are committed to a New Zealand-based team playing in the league but it is
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The point is that it looks like gambling because the language of the game is money. - Alvarez