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World Soccer News for week of 7/19

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World Soccer News for week of 7/19 Ozren Podnar reports... Manchester United cancel a friendly game due to Jakarta bombings The English champions Manchester United cancelled a friendly in Indonesia to be played on Monday due to two bombing attacks last Friday in Jakarta. Suspected Islamic terrorists carried out suicide bombings in two luxury hotels and a commercial centre of the capital city. One of the stricken hotels was the Ritz-Carlton, where the United squad planned to reside during their sojourn in Jakarta. At least two people died in the explosion in Ritz-Carlton with a further seven casualties at the Marriott and a commercial centre in the north of the city. The attacks were attributed to the radical Islamic group Jemaa Islamiya, an Al-Qaeda affiliate in South East Asia.

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