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Frenchman, Zinedine Zidane, responded to an insult from Italian, Marco Materazzi, with a common soccer move… the header.

According to Reuters, World Cup ratings in the U.S. tripled from 2002 to 12 million viewers.  Meanwhile, a Pew poll finds that 52% of Americans have a favorable view of France, up from 46% a year ago.

Coincidence?  I think not.

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