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FIFA calls for minute's silence after stampede
Posted: 03.31.2009 at 10:51 AM
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ZURICH (AP) — A minute's silence will be held before international football matches on Tuesday and Wednesday after 19 fans died in a stadium stampede in the Ivory Coast.

World football's governing body FIFA is investigating the stampede at Abidjan's Felix Houphouet-Boigny arena on Sunday before the World Cup qualifier with Malawi.

"The minute's silence is a mark of respect for the African football family and in memory of the persons who lost their lives outside of the stadium in Abidjan, Ivory Coast," FIFA said Tuesday in a statement.

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