News bytes

- Saddam Hussein likes soccer. So does Henry Kissinger.

- A disturbing tale of Romanian intolerance towards gay culture.

- Why are so many NGOs closing in Uzbekistan?

- The Guardian will expand its online and print presence in the US.

- Google acknowledges it has been too accommodating of the Chinese government.

- Vladimir Putin has a sense of humour and defends his government’s draconian press restrictions.

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