From the Headline Wire:
• “French president Sarkozy apologizes to Ireland” for the Thierry Henry hand-ball that knocked Ireland out of next year’s World Cup. (“I told Brian Cowen how sorry I was for them,” said Sarkozy.)
• “Economic fallout in Ireland over elimination” (“It would have lifted the gloom and got people spending.”)

This article appears in November 20 • 2009.

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