Soccer Hooligans

English Soccer Trip to Russia Mends Ties Frayed by KGB Killing (Bloomberg.com)

12 May 2008

May 12 (Bloomberg) -- Soccer may help build ties between Russia and Britain more than diplomacy. At least 42,000 fans of Manchester United and London's Chelsea, owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich , will pour into Moscow on more than 200 flights for the Champions League final that will be played on May 21, according to estimates from City Hall. Russia has waived visa requirements for ...

Theory on move to sharia-based economy a bit hard to follow (USA Today)

12 May 2008

It's difficult to think of Rogue Economics as a single book. It feels more like a collection of esoteric essays linking all the world's woes to the spread of democracy and capitalism.

Football fan falls out of train, dies (Prague Daily Monitor)

12 May 2008

Usti nad Orlici, East Bohemia, May 10 (CTK) - A 30-year-old man died Saturday after falling out of the special train transferring fans of the north Moravian soccer team Banik Ostrava to Prague, the police in Usti nad Orlici, the district where the accident occurred, told CTK.