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CNN 2010-04-21

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CNN 2010-06-15

Happy sounds, glorious weather and almost flawless organization. But did the feel good factor of Germany's World Cup last longer than the summer of 2006? In economic terms, apparently not. Germany has a large economy and such an event is a -- a very

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