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FIFA's Blatter pranked with fake money shower

A British comedian known as Simon Brodkin throws banknotes at FIFA President Sepp Blatter as he arrives for a news conference after the Extraordinary FIFA Executive Committee Meeting at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland. (Photo: Reuters)

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