Tuesday, February 2, 2010

World news roundup

English soccer team captain John Terry (not the picture) is in the news after a steamy affair with a teamates ex-girlfriend was revealed. It is not true that Terry complained that with his $300,000 a week salary it was "hard to find something to do". And this after recently being named "Dad of the Year" by a ketchup company.

The CAF (Confederation African Football or something) announced that Togo will be banned from the next two cup of nations tournaments. Togo had the bad luck to have it's team buses attacked while traveling in Angola last month for this tournament. No players were injured but three people were killed and Togo pulled out of the games. Not everyone thought this was a reasonable decision, Emmanuel Adebayor (picture) the Togo captain didn't. Also CAF fined TOGO $50,000. That will teach them to get attacked.

In news from the kitchen, the contest winner for the best recipe for snails has been chosen. We're talking about the huge ones commonly seen in West African markets. Although often likened to eatiing pencil erasers the winning entry proves that doesn't have to be the case. Quoting here: "Boil them for about 4 hours and then throw them away."

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