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" The Times of London reports on the Red Ants, a loose group of street thugs hired by South African government councils to clear unsightly slums ahead of the World Cup. &amp;quot;Clear&amp;quot; meaning &amp;quot;torch and terrorize.&amp;quot; Official response so far has been dismissive; essentially that when you scrub a nation for its global debut, you are bound to leave some raw marks. (And hey, though the techniques differed, Vancouver did some scrubbing of its own before the Winter Olympics.) But read the Times article and you&amp;#039;ll pick up on a second, darker theme. The slum clearing is plainly driven as much by extreme nationalism and xenophobia as by desire to put on a beautiful tournament. South Africa models itself, and is widely praised for being, the model of African multiculturalism. The truth is somewhat more complex \u2014 but don&amp;#039;t expect to hear much about that in the leadup to the Cup. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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