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Op-Ed: Crushed — U.S. dream dies with defeat to Belgium

Crushing. That's the only way to describe it for US soccer fans. Outclassed by Belgium all game, the United States had an incredible opportunity to win in regulation and whiffed right on the doorstep.

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Waffle House calls for boycott of Belgium Waffles

World Cup fever is alive and well in the United States, as evidenced by a popular restaurant chain's decision to request a boycott of a well known and loved breakfast staple.

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Belgian pimp ordered to rename 'DSK' brothel

Brussels - A Belgian court on Monday barred a renowned pimp from naming his latest venture "DSK", the initials of disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss Kahn who filed the suit.

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United States v Belgium — brief preview

Salvador - Just over 24 hours from now, the United States Men's National Team will stare down the barrel of elimination for the first time at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

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Jewish museum shooting suspect appeals extradition

Paris - A French-Algerian man suspected of carrying out a deadly shooting at the Jewish Museum in Brussels is appealing a court decision to extradite him to Belgium, his lawyer said on Saturday.

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French court orders extradition of Jewish museum shooting suspect

Versailles - A French court on Thursday ordered the extradition to Belgium of a man suspected of carrying out a deadly shooting at the Jewish Museum in Brussels, but his lawyer said he would appeal the ruling.

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Belgium overcome tactical issues to sneak past Algeria

Stylistically, Vahid Halilhodzic has transformed Algeria into a very interesting side. Defensive organization remains, but there’s a new blend of attacking football that exists due to the dynamic front six.

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Jewish Museum suspect Nemmouche extradition ruling set for June 26

Versailles - A French court said Thursday it will decide on June 26 whether to extradite to Belgium the man suspected of carrying out a deadly shooting at the Jewish Museum in Brussels last month.

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Op-Ed: World Cup 2014 - Teams capable of overachieving in Brazil

Over the past week, I’ve provided in-depth previews of the legitimate favourites heading into the World Cup, but the great thing about this sport is the element of surprise.

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Belgian shot in Jewish Museum attack in Brussels dies

Brussels - A young Belgian man badly hurt in an attack on the Jewish Museum in Brussels died of his injuries on Friday, the public prosecutor's office said.The Belgian, who is in his early 20s, is the fourth fatality from the May 24 shooting.

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French court defers decision on handover of Brussels shooting suspect

Paris - A French court said it would rule next Thursday on whether a French Islamist arrested on suspicion of a triple murder at the Jewish Museum in Brussels, can be handed over to Belgium.

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Europe's Jews grapple with 'new anti-Semitism'

Paris - From his kosher store in Paris, David Slama has watched the rise of a violent "new anti-Semitism" for more than a decade. Last month's bloodshed at the Jewish Museum in Brussels, he says, was only a question of time. "Anti-Semitism?

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Brussels shooting suspect to fight French handover to Belgium

Paris - Mehdi Nemmouche, the French Islamist arrested on suspicion of a triple murder at the Brussels Jewish Museum, is to contest being handed over by France to Belgium, his lawyer said Wednesday.Nemmouche was arrested in Marseille on Friday.

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Is Europe safe? Questions after arrest of Brussels shooting suspect

Paris - Has Europe under-estimated the security threat posed by battle-hardened homegrown Islamic militants returning from Syria?

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Brussels shooting suspect's journey from troubled childhood to jihad

Tourcoing - Born in one of the poorest towns in France, Brussels shooting suspect Mehdi Nemmouche was abandoned by his mother, shunted from one foster home to another and evolved from a petty criminal to a hardened jihadist.

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France holds jihadist suspects after Brussels shooter's detention

Paris - French police arrested four people suspected of links with jihadist networks Monday, three days after detaining a man for last week's deadly attack on a Jewish museum in Brussels.

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Monarchs who abdicated

Madrid - Spanish King Juan Carlos, 76, has decided to abdicate in favour of his son, Prince Felipe, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy announced Monday.

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Frenchman 'admits to' Brussels shooting in video

Paris - A Frenchman who spent over a year in Syria has claimed responsibility for last week's deadly shooting at a Jewish Museum in Brussels in a video recording, prosecutors said Sunday.

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Belgium probes terrorist link in Jewish Museum killings

Brussels - Belgium investigators on Monday probed a possible terrorist link in a fatal weekend shooting by a lone gunman at the Jewish Museum in Brussels that has shocked the world.

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Belgium PM Di Rupo hands in cabinet resignation after poll

Brussels - Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo submitted his government's resignation to King Philip on Monday following general elections at the weekend, the palace said in a statement.

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Belgium hunts gunman as attack claims fourth victim

Brussels - Belgian police appealed Sunday to the public for help in hunting down a gunman who shot dead four people at the Jewish Museum in Brussels, triggering fears of a resurgence of anti-Semitic violence.

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Shock as three dead in gun attack at Brussels Jewish Museum

Brussels - Three people were shot dead and one badly injured when a gunman attacked the Jewish Museum in the centre of Brussels on Saturday in an apparently anti-Semitic act that shocked the country.

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Three dead, one hurt in shoot-out near Brussels Jewish Museum

Brussels - Three people were killed and one badly injured when a gunman attacked the Jewish Museum in the centre of Brussels on Saturday, authorities said, expressing "shock" at an apparent anti-Semitic act.

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Three dead, one hurt in shoot-out near Brussels Jewish Museum

Brussels - Three people were killed and one badly injured when a gunman attacked the Jewish Museum in the centre of Brussels on Saturday, authorities said.

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Three dead, one hurt in shoot-out near Brussels Jewish Museum

Brussels - Three people were killed and one badly injured in a shoot-out Saturday near the Jewish Museum in Brussels city centre, Belga news agency said, quoting firefighters' emergency services.

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Three dead, one hurt in shoot-out near Brussels Jewish Museum

Brussels - Three people were killed and one badly injured in a shoot-out Saturday near the Jewish Museum in Brussels city centre, Belga news agency said, quoting firefighters' emergency services.

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Former Belgian PM Dehaene dead

Brussels - Former Belgian prime minister Jean-Luc Dehaene, who also played a prominent role in the European Union, has died in France aged 73.

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Row over planes revives Belgium's language war

Brussels - In a political rumpus some would say could only happen in quirky Belgium, a dispute over new flight paths and noise pollution is reviving Belgium's language war just two weeks before elections.

In the Media by Claire Rosemberg, Philippe Siuberski (AFP)

Belgium bans 'anti-Semitic hatefest'

Brussels - Riot police in Brussels Sunday used water cannon to disperse a crowd defying a ban on a gathering of controversial far-right figures including French comic Dieudonne, which critics called an "anti-Semitic hatefest".

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Drunk Spanish driver causes mayhem in Leuven, Belgium (Video)

Leuven - In what must be the epitome of bad (not to mention drunk) driving, this Spanish van driver caused a little mayhem in the narrow streets of Leuven, Belgium early on Sunday morning before being arrested by the police.

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