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    Laporte tells Platini to butt out of anthem row

    Saturday, October 18, 2008

    PARIS, Oct 18 (Reuters) - French junior sports minister Bernard Laporte told Michel Platini to mind his own business after the UEFA president said stopping international soccer matches because a national anthem is booed would be absurd. "The UEFA president says what he wants. Everyone must know his place. The president of the Republic and the government took measures that concern them," former France rugby team coach Laporte told sports daily L'Equipe on Saturday. "Because in French law booing ...

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