As the Center reported that month, (1) a major IMF-led study commissioned by the G-7 nations at last year's Houston economic summit revealed that the Soviet Union was a basket-case economically and would remain so in the absence of wholesale structural reforms.

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Ivory Coast, led by Chelsea striker Drogba, are drawn with Brazil, Portugal and North Korea in Group G at the World Cup in South Africa in June and July.

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