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Tibet and the World Cup

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Jul 09, 2010
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The eyes of the world have been drawn to the World Cup games in South Africa. Every day, everyone seems to have a new favorite team to support, shout for and talk about. A football fan with whom I had a short conversation in Washington, DC jokingly asked me how the Tibetan team was doing. I said, "Oh, I heard they just lost to Ghana yesterday." I was re…

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