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FIFA scraps investment plan; Spain returns migrants from Ceuta, and more
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FIFA scrapped a plan to sell stakes in a new company that would help run its tournaments, including the World Cup; Spain said at least 48,300 people had returned to Morocco on Friday, a day after thousands of migrants surged into Ceuta, a Spanish exclave in North Africa.
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