If Chicago does win the bid there will be plenty of police and National Guard on hand to protect the international visitors.

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Some 5, 000 British police officers were on hand to protect the president, along with the 700 or so secret-service agents Mr Bush brought with him.

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Casillas, has played with a four-fingered glove on his left hand to protect his third and fourth fingers ever since he injured them in a 2006 World Cup.

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