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    Visa problems for S.Africa soccer coach Parreira

    Monday, February 12, 2007

    JOHANNESBURG, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Annointed the would-be saviour of South Africa's hapless national soccer team, Brazilian coach Carlos Parreira has learned he is a mere mortal in the eyes of the nation's immigration department. Parreira, who arrived in South Africa last month to begin preparing the national squad for the 2010 World Cup, which South Africa is hosting, was told to stop working late last week because he didn't have a valid permit from the government. His assistant Jairo Lopes C ...

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