Guy Jackson
BERLIN, July 4, 2006 (AFP) – While the fans in Germany are pampered in high-tech stadiums or fun-filled fan areas, in other parts of the world the struggle to catch the World Cup action can cost you your life.
World Cup should come with health warning
Wallabies unchanged for All Blacks, aside from reserves Tune-up
Neil Sands
SYDNEY, July 4, 2006 (AFP) – Australian coach John Connolly on Tuesday named an unchanged starting line-up to meet New Zealand this weekend but gave World Cup-winning winger Ben Tune the chance to resurrect his career from the bench.
Japanese fans voice mixed feelings over Nakata exit
TOKYO, July 4, 2006 (AFP) – Japanese fans expressed sadness but also a sense of inevitability Tuesday over the shock retirement of star midfielder Hidetoshi Nakata following Japan’s early exit from the 2006 World Cup.
Indonesia reconsiders sending team to Israel for Fed Cup playoff
JAKARTA, July 4, 2006 (AFP) – Indonesia was reconsidering Tuesday a decision to send its Fed Cup tennis team to Israel this month due to Israeli military action in Gaza, a foreign ministry spokesman said.
World Cup 2006 factfile: France
MUNICH, July 4, 2006 (AFP) – Factfile on France who play Portugal in the World Cup semi-finals here on Wednesday:-
Yellow peril threatening to ruin Zidane and France’s World Cup dream
Rob Woollard
MUNICH, July 4, 2006 (AFP) – Zinedine Zidane will be walking a disciplinary tight-rope as he attempts to inspire France to victory in their World Cup semi-final against Portugal here Wednesday.
Zidane is one of six Frenchmen on a yellow card going into the game, so the veteran must keep his volatile temper in check to avoid becoming the latest in a long line of stars to miss out on a World Cup final through suspension.
Referee defends World Cup red card for Rooney
LONDON, July 4, 2006 (AFP) – The referee who gave Wayne Rooney a fateful red card in the weekend match that saw England crash out of the World Cup has defended his decision.
Last of the galacticos – Zidane and Figo
BERLIN, July 4, 2006 (AFP) – Zinedine Zidane and Luis Figo go into battle on Wednesday not only to try and propel France or Portugal respectively into the World Cup final but also to have the honour of being the last of the galacticos left standing.
FUNDAMENTALISM: A CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE
Martin Corner – Tolerance International
In talking to church groups about fundamentalism, it is necessary to take into account the particular issues that arise for Christians in facing this problem. Whereas a purely secular audience might (perhaps wrongly) assume that it stands outside the phenomenon, Christians may have an uneasy sense that, as religious believers, they are somehow involved, if unwillingly.
It is important, therefore, to make the distinction between religious belief and fundamentalism, and to show that the one does not imply the other. The following notes represent no more than one way of doing that; they are written from a position of committed Christian belief.
Iraq’s Hakim says amnesty should include killers of US troops
BAGHDAD, July 3, 2006 (AFP) – Iraqi Shiite leader Abdel Aziz al-Hakim, the head of parliament’s largest bloc, told AFP Monday that he favours extending an amnesty to insurgents who may have killed US troops.
"Yes, they should be covered regardless of their religious or ethnic affiliations," Hakim said in an interview when asked if he would support extending a reconciliation and amnesty plan unveiled by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to those who may have attacked US-led troops in Iraq.
