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Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 08:12:38 EDT
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Subject: Bush and Wade/World Cup

Bush to meet Senegalese president on Tuesday


WASHINGTON, June 17 (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush meets
Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade on Tuesday to commend his efforts to
resolve Madagascar's political crisis and to discuss development in Africa,
the White House said in a statement on Monday.

The rival claimants to Madagascar's presidency, Marc Ravalomanana and Didier
Ratsiraka, met in Senegal earlier this month but rejected a power-sharing
deal designed to end mounting bloodshed on the Indian Ocean Island.

Ravalomanana was sworn in as president on May 6 after a court in April
declared that he won disputed December elections after a recount agreed by
both men. Ratsiraka, a former admiral who ruled the island of 16 million
people for more than two decades, called the court biased and refused to
quit.

The White House said Bush and Wade would discuss bilateral and regional
issues, including the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD).

NEPAD targets billions of dollars in annual investment to revive Africa's
ailing economies and alleviate poverty. In return, African nations are to
commit themselves to bolstering democracy and human rights while enforcing
global standards on economic and corporate governance.

06/17/02 18:16 ET
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Senegal, France Have Cup Connection

By RAF CASERT
.c The Associated Press

OSAKA, Japan (AP) - Anybody who thought France went out of the World Cup
when Zinedine Zidane and company packed their bags had better think again.
Senegal is also living and breathing French.

``I am representing Senegal, Africa and France,'' said El Hadji Diouf, the
African player of the year who also holds French citizenship.

The 1998 World Cup champion was eliminated from the first round after
playing three games without a win. Senegal, making its first appearance at
soccer's showpiece event, will try to become Africa's first semifinalist on
Saturday.

And in the happily twisted world of Franco-Senegalese soccer relations,
Senegal coach Bruno Metsu, a Frenchman, now feels African at heart.

``I am 100 percent Senegalese at the Cup,'' said Metsu, not worried at all
that his team's 1-0 upset win over France in the tournament opener
contributed to France's early exit.

``Sports comes ahead of everything at this stage,'' he said.

Yet beating defending champion France always came with a tinge of regret.
Just look at the players' bios and see how closely they are attached to
their former colonial ruler.

Khalilou Fadiga, known for his lightning-fast moves on the left wing and in
midfield, was born in Paris 27 years ago and started his career at Paris
Saint-Germain and Red Star before moving to Belgium and returning to
Auxerre.

Others came at a very young age from the small West African country of 10
million, which was emerging from colonialism. Many started playing soccer on
the rough streets of Paris before entering France's soccer system.

``If Senegal has arrived where it is now, it is because of the French
school,'' Diouf told the French sports paper L'Equipe.

Look at their clubs and everything immediately becomes clear. Few have made
it to France's glamour teams, and if one does, like goalkeeper Tony Sylva,
he is often languishing as a substitute of a substitute.

Most play for teams like Sedan, an aging industrial town in France's
northern Ardennes, or Lens, a former coalmining town which has built itself
a great reputation as an overachiever in French soccer.

In comparison, almost no one on the French team plays in the French league
anymore, having all moved to such glittering clubs as Real Madrid or
Juventus.

So in that sense, the storybook run of the Senegalese proves the value of
French domestic soccer after years of dismissing it as mediocre.

``The truth is on show here,'' Sylva said. ``It truly shows the value of the
French league.''

And it adds color to France when the fans of Les Bleus are having the worst
kind of blues.

Four years ago, everybody was dancing in the streets of Paris to shouts of
Zi-dane. Now it is the time for the many Senegalese there.

Flag-waving Senegal supporters danced with joy on the Champs-Elysees - the
scene of mass celebrations by France fans in 1998 - after Henri Camara's
golden goal in a 2-1 win over Sweden on Sunday.

All this unity with France should not be pushed too far though.

``From the bottom of our hearts, this is truly a Senegalese victory,'' Sylva
said.


  06/18/02 07:34 EDT




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