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...Bielsa can at least take comfort in the knowledge that his peers are suffering too. For the 32 coaches who have assembled their players in Korea and Japan, the week before the tournament was all about making excruciating selections, picking a team of 11 from a squad of 23. Spain's Jos? Antonio Camacho had to choose from 10?yes, 10?midfielders. Even Team USA, with its modest resources, presented coach Bruce Arena with a quandary: Kasey Keller or Brad Friedel in goal...
...Turks in their camp in Korea's Kang Dong district, including container loads of onion and garlic. Imported chefs have been offering the homesick lads ladle after ladle of stewed chickpeas and the national dish, haricot beans (thankfully, antacid is not on the list of proscribed drugs). Spain, too, decided to go easy on the local cuisine. Team members rescued a puppy from a dog-meat stall in an Ulsan market. The fortunate canine, named 'Camach?n' after Spain's coach Jos? Antonio Camacho, is now the unofficial team mascot instead of a menu item. ?By Andrew Finkel and Jane Walker
...SPAIN Two men alleged to have channeled cash to multiple al-Qaeda operatives were arrested in Madrid in late April. A third man, described by investigators as "al-Qaeda's chief accountant in Spain" and accused of helping fund the 1998 embassy bombings, was arrested around the same time in Barcelona...
...recognition of his "outstanding service to the cause of press freedom in the face of constant persecution"; in Bruges, Belgium. Nyarota's paper has been subjected to severe restrictions under new media laws. AWARDED. To PROFESSOR ANTHONY GIDDENS, 63, director of the London School of Economics and Political Science, Spain's prestigious Prince of Asturias Award for Social Sciences; in Oviedo, Spain. Giddens will be presented with ?50,000 ($46,782) and a Joan Mir? statue by Spain's Crown Prince Felipe, who is also the Prince of Asturias. DEDICATED. To BOB HOPE, 99, evergreen comedian whose shows have entertained...
...time she started studying her grandfather, she had already raised a family of three daughters and had directed a summer school for American girls in Spain...