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href="/web/20071011001701/http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=cyp/news/newsid=602817.html#talks+over+footballs+future+cyprus">Talks over football’s future in Cyprus</a></h3><div class="newsCredits">Saturday 22 September 2007</div><div class="newsTeaser">A 50-year impasse in Cyprus has taken its toll on the game there. A historic meeting in Zurich represents a first step towards resolving the situation.</div></li><li><a href="/web/20071011001701/http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/releases/newsid=602749.html#director+communications+leaves+fifa"><img src="/web/20071011001701im_/http://www.fifa.com/mm/photo/affederation/federation/par2005120949629%5f20834%5fsq%5fsmall.jpg" height="150" width="150" alt="Director of Communications leaves FIFA" longdesc="Director of Communications leaves FIFA"/></a><p><a class="roofline" title="Who We Are" href="/web/20071011001701/http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/index.html">Who We Are</a></p><h3><a title="Director of Communications leaves FIFA" href="/web/20071011001701/http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/releases/newsid=602749.html#director+communications+leaves+fifa">Director of Communications leaves FIFA</a></h3><div class="newsCredits">Friday 21 September 2007</div><div class="newsTeaser">FIFA's Communications Director for the past five years, Markus Siegler (49), will be leaving football's world governing body at the end of September.</div></li><li><a href="/web/20071011001701/http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/bodies/news/newsid=612977.html#platini+stresses+family+values"><img src="/web/20071011001701im_/http://www.fifa.com/mm/photo/affederation/administration/2007-10-04t125534z%5f01%5fmbh01%5frtridsp%5f3%5fswitzerland%5f22752%5fsq%5fsmall.jpg" height="150" width="150" alt="Platini stresses 'family values'" longdesc="Platini stresses 'family values'"/></a><p><a class="roofline" title="Strategic Committee" href="/web/20071011001701/http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/index.html">Strategic Committee</a></p><h3><a title="Platini stresses 'family values'" href="/web/20071011001701/http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/bodies/news/newsid=612977.html#platini+stresses+family+values">Platini stresses 'family values'</a></h3><div class="newsCredits">Wednesday 10 October 2007</div><div class="newsTeaser">The Strategic Committee got together for the first time on Tuesday 9 October. 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