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November 23, 2009

Ireland-France Soccer Row: Get Over It

Brendan O'Neill, Christian Science Monitor

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London - In the past week, the first-ever president of Europe was appointed, the momentum for December's Copenhagen conference on climate change gathered pace, and new figures revealed that the recession is officially over in most European Union countries.

Yet what have we Europeans been hotly discussing around water-coolers, in pubs and cafes, and on social-networking sites? We've been obsessing over "Le Hand of God" – the media moniker for Thierry Henry's illicit use of his hand to control the ball during the World Cup qualifier game between France and Ireland Nov. 18.

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