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Get to grips with penalty puzzles or corner-kick conundrums this World Cup with our bluffer's guide to football.(CNN) -- While the World Cup in South Africa is manna from heaven fo
(CNN) -- The European Commission is warning one of its members that stimulus spending, growing debt and a slower than expected recovery has become a volatile cocktail.No, it's not
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It is 00:30 universal time and here is the news in special English. Afghan President Omid Kozai again has called for Taliban militants to stop fighting his government and accept
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