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Ukraine leader to attend World Cup final, as will Putin
AFP, Published on 13/07/2014
» BRASíLIA - Ukraine's leader has accepted an invitation to attend Sunday's World Cup final, with Russian President Vladimir Putin also among the spectators, amid a crisis between their countries, Brazilian officials said.
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Putin in Cuba, Nicaragua to rekindle Latin America ties
AFP, Published on 12/07/2014
» President Vladimir Putin made a surprise stop in Nicaragua after visiting Russia's Cold War ally Cuba, part of a tour to increase Moscow's influence in Latin America amid frayed ties with the West.
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Brazil congratulates itself for World Cup success
AFP, Published on 12/07/2014
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Well before the first kick-off, the World Cup was playing against the odds, with Brazil rushing to finish stadiums, chaos at airports and violent protests in the streets.
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'Nothing will be the same again', admits Scolari
AFP, Published on 12/07/2014
» BRASíLIA - Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari admitted that a traumatic last six weeks both on and off the field will mark him for the rest of his life.
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'We're still here': The enduring anguish of Korea's ferry tragedy
AFP, Published on 10/07/2014
» JINDO (SOUTH KOREA) - When steel worker Huh Hong-Hwan heard his teenaged daughter might be trapped in a sinking ferry, he didn't hesitate.
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Argentina advance to final
AFP, Published on 10/07/2014
» SAO PAULO - Argentine goalkeeper Sergio Romero saved two penalties in a shootout with the Netherlands on Wednesday to take his country through to the World Cup final for the first time since 1990.
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Brazil traumatised after German humiliation
AFP, Published on 09/07/2014
» Brazil licked physical and mental wounds on Wednesday after its World Cup humiliation by Germany, struggling to make sense of the heaviest defeat in the nation's 100-year footballing history.
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World Cup brings global trail of carnage
AFP, Published on 24/06/2014
» The hangover goes around the globe like a Mexican wave -- a trail of destructive and sometimes deadly celebration is left after every win and the World Cup 'sickie' has become an epidemic.
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Rodriguez inspires Colombia to brink of last 16
AFP, Published on 20/06/2014
» Another superb performance by playmaker James Rodriguez who scored one goal and created the other inspired Colombia to a 2-1 win over Ivory Coast in their World Cup Group C match and to the brink of the last 16 on Thursday.
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'Psychic' guinea pig tips Swiss to beat France
AFP, Published on 18/06/2014
» A guinea pig who has taken on the mantle of deceased football oracle Paul the Octopus has tipped her home team Switzerland to beat France in their looming World Cup clash.
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