TOKYO: FIFA President Sepp Blatter insisted there was no way the 2010 World Cup would be moved from South Africa, saying any ”plan B” was now firmly dead and buried.Rumours have persisted that the tournament could be pulled from South Africa if it failed to meet organisational deadlines after Blatter admitted earlier this year that FIFA had contingency plans.But he moved to reassure everyone involved that South Africa would host the event.”There definitely is no plan B or C. The only plan is to make the South African event a success,” he said at a press conference here alongside Danny Jordaan, the head of the 2010 organising committee.”If there are still doubters, let me say that the 2010 World Cup will be organised in South Africa,” he added from Japan, where he is attending the Club World Cup.South Africa will become the first African nation to host football’’s four-year showpiece event, with FIFA now confident that all necessary facilities will be ready in time.There had been concern that the 10 World Cup stadiums five new, five upgraded would not be finished, while the country’’s crime rate, where 50 murders happen every day, was also a worry.
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ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sherry Rehman said on Monday that the government, opposition and the masses are united on the iss
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Pakistan will not let British investigators question suspects detained in Pakistan over the Mumbai terrorist attacks, the prime minister said Monday.
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NEW DELHI: The Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) must be tightly controlled and not allowed to act independently, US Senator John Kerry said on Monday
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ISLAMABAD; A miscellaneous writ petition filed by Iftikhar Hussain Rajpoot through his counsel in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to add Chief Justice
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Pakistan has turned down a British request to question suspects arrested in connection with the Mumbai attacks, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Monday.
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ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi called for addressing climate change under the three pillars of sustainable development, including ec
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Haulage companies in Pakistan have stopped delivering to foreign troops in Afghanistan after a major deterioration in security along the key supply route, an association official said Monday.
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ndiaâ€?s Air Force geared up for possible missions against suspected terrorist camps in Pakistan in the immediate aftermath of the last monthâ€?s Mumbai attacks, CNN reported Monday (December 15), cit …..
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The Pakistan military’s powerful spy agency must be tightly controlled and not allowed to act independently, Senator John Kerry said Monday after meeting Indian leaders to discuss the deadly Mumbai attacks.
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