NEWSWATCH: FIFA says that despite Iraqi claims that al-Qaeda is plotting to launch terror attacks, or an attack, during the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the football organisation says they have not had any reports of any such conspiracy, reports Mail & Guardian. Meanwhile, YouTube and Facebook have both been blocked by Pakistani authorities, who have accused the platforms of posting material that is "sacrilegious" to the nation's Muslim majority, reports The Washington Post.
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Mail & Guardian: No World Cup terror threat, says Fifa... The organisation's secretary general Jerome Valcke says they have not received any information regarding any threat to the event.