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2008/06/17 16:23 KST
British football association donates gym suits to N.K.: report

   SEOUL, June 17 (Yonhap) -- The British Football Association has donated some 600 items of sportswear such as gym suits and sweat pants to North Korea, a pro-Pyongyang daily in Japan said Tuesday.

   The sportswear was delivered to the North Korea's football association in a ceremony held in Pyongyang on Thursday with the British Ambassador to the country John Everard attending, the Choson Sinbo newspaper said.

   The ambassador expressed hope during the ceremony that cooperative ties between the two countries and their football associations would develop further, the report said.

   sshim@yna.co.kr
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