"17TH-CENTURY HORSE BURIAL SITE FOUND -- Archeologists in the Netherlands uncovered a mass grave with the complete skeletons of 51 horses buried side by side, probably the long-forgotten equine victims of a battle over a strategic Dutch river. The site, in Borgharen, is the largest known equine burial ground in Europe. If the horses were killed in a battle, likely candidates include a fight in 1632 during the Eighty Years' War or a 1673 siege by French soldiers. It is unclear whether the horses were buried out of respect, or because of fear of contamination from so many corpses (Boston Globe July 1 2010)."
What a horse s*** story, huh?
"TWO HURT IN RUNNING OF THE BULLS -- Revelers scrambled under a bovine leap in a crowded ring yesterday after the first running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain. An 18-year-old from Melbourne was in serious condition with fractured vertebrae, and a 20-year-old Spanish man suffered an eye injury during the traditional event (Boston Globe July 8 2010)."
I suppose that one is BULL S***, huh?
The one who got the printed article?
"Court orders 2d look into journalist’s death" by Associated Press | July 7, 2010
MADRID — Spain’s Supreme Court yesterday ordered the reopening of an investigation into the death of a Spanish journalist who was hit by US tank fire in Iraq in 2003.
A spokeswoman said the Supreme Court had accepted an appeal by the family of cameraman José Couso and ordered the lower National Court to reopen the investigation into his death.
Couso was one of two journalists killed when the soldiers, members of a tank crew, responded to what they said was hostile fire from the Baghdad hotel that housed Western journalists during the US invasion of Iraq.
US officials said investigations had shown the soldiers acted correctly....
(Ashamed AmeriKan here shaking his head)
And -- sadly -- one man who will not witness the final:
"Robert Millward; genial AP sportswriter covered World Cups" by Stephen Wilson, Associated Press | July 10, 2010
LONDON — Robert Millward, a longtime Associated Press sportswriter whose passion for soccer and love of life endeared him to colleagues and competitors alike, died Thursday in South Africa. He was 58.
Too young.
Mr. Millward died apparently of natural causes in Johannesburg. He had just returned from Cape Town, where he covered the Netherlands-Uruguay semifinal in his seventh World Cup....
Well, AT LEAST he died doing something he enjoyed!!!
Mr. Millward’s wife, Pauline, said she spoke with her husband the day before he died.
What was the last thing he said?
Mr. Millward was due to return home this weekend....
Sadly, he still will.
--more--"
I would dedicate the match to him.
Also see: "Al-CIA-Duh" Threatens World Cup
Looks like "CIA-Duh" MISSED their CHANCE, huh?
