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FIFA Scraps Malaysia Hosting Rights after Israel Spat
(Anadolu-Turkey) P. Prem Kumar - International soccer governing body FIFA has revoked the rights for Malaysia to host its 2017 congress after Israeli delegates complained that Malaysia was "not being friendly in granting travel documents." Malaysia's deputy prime minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said Saturday, "We have a policy that we cannot accept countries with whom we have no diplomatic ties, what more with the flag which would have to be hung outside the conference and on the tables...so it's better if we avoid being the host."