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Article: Embassies get kicks from World Cup; Monthlong tournament shifts focus from politics to victory on field.(PAGE ONE)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- June 10, 2006
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Byline: Bob Cohn, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
International diplomacy is serious business. So is the World Cup. But when the two collide, the result is inevitable.
Party time.
The World Cup means soccer parties, viewings and other assorted events at several embassies of the 32 competing countries in the next month. Fittingly, the first and one of the largest was yesterday at The German Embassy, the host nation of the World Cup, whose team also played the opening game of the tournament.
About 400 invited guests gathered in a flag-decked auditorium at the embassy in Northwest Washington to down pretzels and bratwurst (but no beer) and watch the ...