The victims,including an American, were watching the World Cup final on television Sunday at two social places in the capital.

VOA: special.2010.07.17

In fact,the people who live on Islamorada Key claim their island is the "Sports Fishing Capital of the World."

VOA: special.2010.03.22

So it is not surprising that Las Vegas is called The Gambling Capital of the World and The Entertainment Capital of the World.

VOA: special.2010.03.14

So the city is proud of its latest nickname, The Rock and Roll Capital of the World.

VOA: special.2010.03.21

In fact,the International Diabetes Federation says India is now the diabetes capital of the world.

VOA: special.2010.05.12

So it is not surprising that it is called The Entertainment Capital of the World.

VOA: special.2011.07.24

It was the capital of the American steel industry, then the world's mightiest.

VOA: special.2009.07.13

The two leaders will meet in the Czech capital, where,one year earlier, President Obama laid out his vision of a nuclear-free world.

VOA: standard.2010.04.04

Egypt,with 83 million people, is the most populous Arab nation, and has long been the intellectual and cultural capital of the Arab world.

VOA: standard.2009.05.09

The mayor hopes to make London one of the greatest cycling cities in the world, even so,riding a bike through the capital has its challenges.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

The huge Firestone plantation east of the capital,Monrovia, remains the world's largest single natural rubber operation and was one of the first businesses to reopen after Liberia's long civil war.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

In the days when millions of men smoked cigars at work and at home, Ybor City was the undisputed cigar capital of the world, and brands like Have-a-Tampa became household names.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

Similar to how 2008 Beijing Olympic Games put the Chinese capital in the international spotlight, Shanghai's hosting of the World Expo has given the city of 20 some million people and China a chance to showcase its emergence as a global economic power.

VOA: standard.2010.05.02