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Switzerland: who are you calling neutral?
Published:Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:06:58 -0700  
The bar in Zurichs narrow Niederdorfstrasse had been turned into a garish jungle of hundreds of familiar red and white Swiss national flags and banners bearing the bewildering slogan Hopp Schwiiz! the Swiss-German soccer chant which means something along the lines of: Come On Switzerland!....

Summer reading recommendations
Published:Sun, 20 Jun 2010 07:28:39 -0700  
As a 19-year-old, bumming around the islands of Greece, I remember carrying in my knapsack a battered copy of Albert Camus The Plague - yes, the perfect beach read, a jolly existential romp as frivolous as Alexander Solzhenitsyns prison-camp joy ride The... Plague - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - Alexander Solzhenitsyn - United States - Arts...

Room with a Vuvu
Published:Sat, 19 Jun 2010 16:47:16 -0700  
WEVE all seen celebs do their bit for the kids in African townships - and this week it was the turn of England fans....

World Cup May Be Iciest in Decades; Fans Layer up (Update1)
Published:Fri, 18 Jun 2010 11:21:02 -0700  
June 18 (Bloomberg) -- South Africa, which counts sun- soaked beach holidays among its tourist attractions, has been hit by icy weather that threatens to make the Soccer World Cup the coldest in decades....

Resting work for full-time World Cup
Published:Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:16:33 -0700  
Fanatical about the World Cup? Might be time to take those holidays....

Prince Harry: There isnt a day goes by in Africa when I dont think about my mother..I can be myself here
Published:Sat, 19 Jun 2010 17:40:09 -0700  
Prince Harry vowed when he was 18 that he would continue Dianas humanitarian work with AIDS victims in Africa....

Voluntourism: The benefits and pitfalls you need to know
Published:Fri, 18 Jun 2010 09:30:11 -0700  
Two members of the voluntourism or volunteer holiday industry go head-to-head over the oft-debated benefits and pitfalls of a holiday choice that continues to grow in popularity....

Roo boo
Published:Fri, 18 Jun 2010 19:54:59 -0700  
Is it ever OK to jeer your own football team?...

World Cup Group A and Saturday: Mexicos Franco could lose place to Hernandez
Published:Sat, 19 Jun 2010 03:42:38 -0700  
JOHANNESBURG (AP) Veteran Mexico forward Guillermo Franco is not discouraged about possibly losing his starting spot in the World Cup to 22-year-old Javier Hernandez....