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Buckley faces a simple choice
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Enlarge textBen Buckley, the boyish CEO of Football Federation Australia, will represent Australian football at FIFA’s Congress in Zurich on Wednesday.
Sepp Blatter stands unopposed as president of FIFA. (Reuters)
topThe end of the world...for some
Matt Hall reports from small town USA as the end of the world fails to materialise - but Dominique Strauss Kahn's world comes tumbling down.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn's world came tumbling down - but America was still standing. (AAP)
Scandal kills political aspirations
Whether Dominique Strauss-Kahn is found guilty or otherwise of allegations that he sexually assaulted a hotel housekeeper in New York, we can be sure of one thing.
The IMF chief had been seen as the most likely candidate to unseat Nicolas Sarkozy in France's 2012 presidential elections. (AAP)
A week is a long time to be dead
So in the time that Osama Bin Laden has been food for the fishes there’s been enough hot air conspiracy theories floated to keep several fleets of rubber ducks on the high seas.
The inner circle, including Hilary Clinton, watch the Navy SEAL raid from the Situation Room. (A))
It was late on Sunday night in New York, right after the season finale of Donald Trump’s The Apprentice on TV, when news broke of Osama Bin Laden’s demise.
Americans gather at Ground Zero in New York. (AAP)
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