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Two of 5 kids die after car lands in pond

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ST. LOUIS PARK, Minnesota (AP) — Rescuers worked frantically to free five children trapped in a submerged car after it veered off a highway ramp in suburban Minneapolis and into a frigid pond, smashing windows to get inside even as a tow truck winched the car out.
 
One of the children, 5-year-old Zenavia Rennie, later died, the Minnesota State Patrol said. KARE 11 reported late Thursday that family members also have confirmed 7-year-old Alarious Coleman-Guerrido died.
 
The other three children were listed in critical condition, according to KARE 11.
 
The car was under water for up to 45 minutes after Thursday's crash. St. Louis Park city spokesman Jamie Zwilling said the children were unconscious and unresponsive when pulled from the vehicle.
 
Conditions of the surviving children were not available Thursday night, and officials didn't provide details on the children's injuries or whether the car had filled up with water before rescuers got to the youngsters.
 
The driver of the car — mother and stepmother to the children — made it out on her own.
 
One witness described seeing her in the pond, screaming for help.
 
"The car was under water, and she must have been standing on top," said Jeff Robertson, who lives in a nearby apartment building, told the St. Paul Pioneer Press. "That pond is 8 or 9 feet deep, and the water was at her knees."
 
The crash happened in St. Louis Park, a western Minneapolis suburb. Minnesota State Patrol Lt. Eric Roeske said the car angled left off the ramp from Highway 7 to Highway 100 and plunged down a slope into the pond about 40 to 50 yards from the road.
 
He said there was no guardrail separating the pond and ramp.
 
The driver was identified as Marion Guerrido, 23, of Brooklyn Center.
 
The Minnesota State Patrol identified the children as Aliyana E. Rennie, 1; Zenavia C. Rennie, 5; Zarihana M. Rennie, 6; Amani N. Coleman-Guerrido, 5; and Alarious M. Coleman-Guerrido, 7; all of Brooklyn Center.
 
On its website, the patrol said Zenavia of Brooklyn Center had died.
 
Roeske said the first victim was pulled from the water about 25 minutes after the crash was reported about 6:10 a.m.
 
Passers-by attempted to rescue the children before police arrived, but the 1998 Pontiac Grand Am was submerged in 8 to 9 feet of cold water.
 
Roeske said the "incredibly cold, nearly freezing-temperature water" would have made it difficult for anyone to reach the children.
 
Roeske said investigators were working to determine whether speed was a factor in the crash. The road was wet from light mist, but not icy, he said.
 
He said there was no indication that Guerrido intentionally drove into the water. No alcohol was found in her system.

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32 dead in grocery roof collapse in Latvia

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RIGA, Latvia (AP) — At least 32 people died, including three firefighters, after large sections of a roof collapsed at a Latvian supermarket, the country's rescue service said Friday.
 
The reason for the collapse on Thursday was still not known but rescue and police officials said that a winter garden, involving large amounts of soil, was being built on the roof. Rescue officials were unsure how many survivors might be under the rubble, and expected the death toll would rise.
 
Interior Minister Rihards Kozlovskis ruled out a natural disaster or terrorist activity and said that in all likelihood construction regulations had been violated and triggered the collapse.
 
The Fire and Rescue Service said 35 people were injured, 28 of whom were hospitalized, including 10 firefighters.
 
The rescue service estimated that approximately 500 square meters (5,300 square feet) of roof collapsed, destroying large sections of the store's high walls and nearly all its front windows.
 
A large contingent of rescue workers, including soldiers and dogs, searched for survivors Friday morning at the store in a densely populated neighborhood. Four large cranes hovered over the supermarket as they tried to lift large pieces of construction material.
 
Rescue workers periodically turned off all equipment and asked relatives of missing people to call so that they can pinpoint ringing phones, rescue service spokeswoman Viktorija Sembele said.
 
She said work was proceeding slowly since both the rubble and remaining sections of roof were like a house of cards and could easily collapse further if a wrong piece is moved or lifted.
 
Firefighters suffered casualties when large sections of roof fell on them right after their arrival on the scene.

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Some people can ‘see’ in total darkness, study says

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SOMERS, N.Y. — At least 50 percent of people can see the movement of their own hand even in the absence of all light, according to a new study.
 
Kevin Dieter, a postdoctoral fellow at Vanderbilt University, devised experiments to study the phenomenon.
 
How does Dieter explain the finding?
 
"What we normally perceive of as sight is really as much a function of our brains as our eyes," said Dieter, echoing the study's claim published in the journal Psychological Science.
 
The idea for the study came from cognitive science professors Duje Tadin of Rochester University and Randolph Blake of Vanderbilt, who stumbled upon the occurrence while devising experiments for an unrelated study.
 
The felt they could see their hands through an opaque blindfold.
 
"They could see their hand when no light was coming in," Dieter said.
 
A few years later, Dieter formulated five experiments with 129 individuals.
 
Using infrared light and eye-tracking cameras that could monitor eye movements even in complete darkness, the researchers found that about half the participants were able to follow their moving hand in the absence of light.
 
The authors, found that the ability of a subject to see their hand in the dark suggests that their brain combines information from different senses to create our perceptions.
 
"Seeing in total darkness? According to the current understanding of natural vision, that just doesn't happen," said Tadin, who led the investigation, in a statement. "But this research shows that our own movements transmit sensory signals that also can create real visual perceptions in the brain, even in the complete absence of optical input."
 
For most people, this ability to see their own motion in darkness is probably learned, the authors concluded.
 
"We get such reliable exposure to the sight of our own hand moving that our brains learn to predict the expected moving image," Dieter said. "It is a learned association."
 

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Philippine typhoon death toll rises above 5,000

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MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine officials say the death toll from one of the strongest typhoons on record has risen above 5,000 and is likely to climb further.
 
Interior Secretary Mar Roxas said Friday that 4,919 people were killed in the Eastern Visayas region. Civil defense chief Eduardo del Rosario said 290 others died in other parts of the central and southern Philippines.
 
The regions were battered two weeks ago by fierce winds and tsunami-like storm surges from Typhoon Haiyan, locally called Yolanda.
 
Roxas said the situation was stabilizing, with major roads on Samar and Leyte islands cleared of debris, and some banks, stores and gasoline stations resuming business.
 

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U.S. FCC eyes lifting ban on cell calls on planes

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The Federal Communications Commission is reviewing its 22-year ban against in-flight cellphone calls, igniting concerns among frequent fliers about plane cabins becoming much noisier.
 
At its meeting Dec. 12, the FCC will consider changing its rules to allow passengers access to mobile wireless services. The 1991 ban began because of concerns about jamming ground stations.
 
"Modern technologies can deliver mobile services in the air safely and reliably, and the time is right to review our outdated and restrictive rules," FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler said. "I look forward to working closely with my colleagues, the FAA and the airline industry on this review of new mobile opportunities for consumers."
 
The FCC will collect public comment if the proposal moves forward, but opposition erupted immediately.
 
"My answer is quite simple: Absolutely no way. Never," said Diane Johnson of Fort Worth, a publications executive. "With all the stress of travel, silence on a plane is like music to my ears."
 
The FCC proposal would give airlines the option to allow voice calls, according to two FCC sources who were not authorized to speak publicly.
 
Phones are used widely on airlines in other countries, for calls and data, by linking essentially to a communication tower aboard the plane. This would satisfy FCC concerns about interference with ground stations, according to the two agency sources.
 
"On the technical side of things, there have been changes that do allow wireless services on planes that prevent interference with ground service," one source said. "We think there is some benefit to giving airlines the choice of improving consumer choice and access, and let them to decide whether or not they're going to allow voice."
 
A spokeswoman for the airline industry said it hasn't seen the proposal and declined comment. "We will want to analyze any proposal to understand the impact," said Victoria Day of the group Airlines for America.
 
The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA strongly opposed the move. The group warned that calls would be disruptive, loud and divisive and possibly go beyond a mere nuisance to hurt safety by drowning out announcements.
 
The FCC considered relaxing its ban in 2004 but decided against a change after a flood of opposition and because of lingering technical questions.
 
"Passengers overwhelmingly reject cellphone use in the aircraft cabin," the attendants union said. "The FCC should not proceed with this proposal."
 
Capt. Patrick Smith, a 20-year pilot who writes the blog askthepilot.com, said cell calls wouldn't be allowed if safety issues remained, so it's just a social question.
 
"Just imagine 250 passengers all making calls at once," Smith said. "I shudder to imagine how awful that would be."
 
Passengers, including frequent business travelers, have long opposed allowing calls because of the noise from other calls.
 
"I am very much opposed to allowing voice calls aboard flights," said Bill Clegg, a hotel executive in Huntersville, N.C. "The cacophony of babies crying, children screaming and adults carrying on conversations does not need the addition of business travelers closing deals or leisure travelers yakking about travel plans, romances or what they had for dinner last night."
 
Some travelers shrugged off the problem.
 
Kim Hunter of Los Angeles, head of a marketing company who travels more than 150,000 miles per year, said calls are fine so long as "there is no disruption on both the flight deck and the cabin."
 
If that's the case, "I support allowing voice calls aboard all flights, both domestic and international," Hunter said.
 
James Morrow, an information technology consultant from Overland Park, Kan., said opponents may be overreacting because he thinks the airlines will charge dearly for the calls.
 
"While it might be annoying to be sitting next to someone who is on the phone, I think people are overestimating how frequently this will actually be used," Morrow said. "The airlines will charge dearly for the privilege, and sound quality of the call will almost certainly suffer if only due to the background noise of an airplane."
 
The reconsideration of voice calls followed the Federal Aviation Administration recent move to allow passengers to use their gadgets such as games and e-readers while taking off and landing. The FAA has prohibited the use of electronics when the plane was less than 10,000 feet in the air.
 
The Telecommunications Industry Association, which represents manufacturers and suppliers of communication equipment, praised the FCC for considering the change.
 
"TIA supports initiatives to make mobile broadband services, including Internet access, available to passengers and flight crews aboard commercial airliners and private aircraft," TIA President Grant Seiffert said. "We look forward to examining the specific proposals of the commission in this matter."
 

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Evolution debate again engulfs Texas Board of Ed.

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Board of Education used a late-night meeting to preliminarily approve new science textbooks for classrooms across the state late Thursday night, but it blocked signing off on a major new biology text until alleged "errors" in lessons over the theory of evolution are checked by outside experts.
 
The vote just before midnight did not reject the biology book by Pearson, one of the country's largest publishers. But it delayed approval until three board members appoint a trio of outside experts to check concerns.
 
Textbook and classroom curriculum battles have long raged in Texas pitting creationists — those who see God's hand in the creation of the universe — against academics who worry about religious and political ideology trumping scientific fact. At issue this time are proposed high school biology books that could be used across the state at least through 2022.
 
State law approved two years ago means school districts can now choose their own books and don't have to adhere to a list recommended by the Board of Education — but most have continued to use approved books.
 
The issue is important nationally since Texas is so large that many books prepared for publication in the state also are marketed elsewhere around the country.
 
Publishers from around the country submitted proposed textbooks this summer, but committees of Texas volunteer reviewers — some nominated by socially conservative current and former Board of Education members — raised objections. One argued that creationism based on biblical texts should be taught in science classes, while others objected that climate change wasn't as settled a scientific matter as some of the proposed books said.
 
Pearson and many other major publishers weren't willing to make suggested major edits and changes, however.
 
That promoted some of the board's socially conservative members to call for delaying approval of the book because of concerns including how long it took Earth to cool and objection to lessons about natural selection because "selection operates as a selective but not a creative force."
 
Members outside the socially conservative bloc claimed their colleagues waited until the dead of night to try and impose ideological edits.
 
"To ask me — a business degree major from Texas Tech University — to distinguish whether the Earth cooled 4 billion years ago or 4.2 billion years ago for purposes of approving a textbook at 10:15 on a Thursday night is laughable," said Thomas Ratliff, a Republican from Mount Pleasant.
 
He added: "I believe this process is being hijacked, this book is being held hostage to make political changes."
 

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U.S. Senate begins debate on military sexual assault plans

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WASHINGTON — The Senate began consideration Wednesday of proposals to overhaul how the military justice system handles sexual assault, including a measure that would strip commanders of their input in such cases.
 
That proposal, introduced by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., had support from a majority of the Senate, according to her office. Trained military lawyers would replace commanders, revoking their authority to prosecute or toss out cases.
 
Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., pursued a different, more gradual approach. It would allow commanders to determine the cases that get prosecuted but prevent them from overturning convictions and add more layers of review for their actions. It also would eliminate the "good soldier defense," which could be used to mitigate punishment for troops who perform well on their job. McCaskill's approach has support from Pentagon leaders.
 
The issue of sexual assault in the ranks erupted in the spring when the Pentagon released a study estimating that 26,000 instances of unwanted sexual contact — from groping to rape — occurred in 2012. That represented an increase by nearly a third over 2010. About 3,000 cases of sexual assault were reported, and about 300 were prosecuted.
 
"The bottom line is really simple: The current system oriented around the chain of command has been producing horrible results," Gillibrand said.
 
The chairman of the Armed Services Committee, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., urged rejection of Gillibrand's approach. The key to combating sexual assault in the military is allowing commanders to court martial troops for the crime.
 
Gillibrand's amendment "removes a powerful tool" from those responsible for dealing with the problem, Levin said.
 
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., agreed with Levin, saying Gillibrand's amendment went too far and impugned the character of military commanders. Less far-reaching reforms, such as criminalizing retaliation against accusers, will allow commanders to address the problem.
 
"Do we trust the commanders to do the right thing with the proper parameters?" McCain said.
 
News about a number of high-profile sexual abuse cases in the military broke focused attention on the issue. In one case, a three-star Air Force general tossed out a jury's sexual assault conviction of a pilot. At the Air Force basic training base in Texas, more than 30 instructors have been convicted of sexually assaulting recruits. All the services have had problems with sexual assault, including the Army, which has investigated a sergeant in charge of sexual-assault prevention programs for operating a prostitution operation. Court martials have been ordered for two midshipmen at the Naval Academy for allegely sexually assaulting a classmate.
 
Currently, a high-ranking officer who is the defendant's superior decides whether to bring charges, who sits on the jury and whether a conviction or punishment can stand. The officer is neither a lawyer nor a judge, although he or she receives written advice from a military attorney.
 
The arrangement is a key principle for maintaining order within a fighting unit. It is a tradition the United States inherited from the British military when the nation was formed in the 18th century. Britain, Canada and other countries have moved away from commanding officer's authority, but it lives on in the American military's Uniform Code of Military Justice created by Congress.

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Exorcism : The brutal process a ‘cursed’ young mum undergoes to ‘rid her body of evil demons’

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Exorcists are charging ­vulnerable ­people as much as £250 a session ­to rid them of their “demons”.
 
Sex abuse victims, drug addicts and even men and women with personality disorders are among those being ­convinced by foreign evangelists that they are possessed by evil spirits.
 
The exorcists believe that Harry ­Potter spells and Eastern practices like yoga are the work of the devil.
 
We watched as one young pregnant mother, Sindy Regis, went through a brutal process during which she was restrained by one man while another manipulated her body using both his hands and a Bible.
 
Screaming in agony with tears pouring down her cheeks as she retches between sobs, the 22-year-old is attended by a pastor – a self-styled exorcist – who claims this brutal process is necessary to deliver Sindy from the demons he says have possessed her. 
 
As the session begins to get more heated, so does his rhetoric. At times he speaks in a foreign language which he claims is a gift from God known as ‘speaking in tongues’.
 
“What is your name?” he demanded as Sindy bared her teeth and growled. She squealed: “Death!” then began to thrash around as he yelled at her: “Get out!” He repeated the words, “Out, out, OUT!” before screaming, “FIRE!”
 
The film shows Sindy after her exorcism curled up on the floor crying while he encourages her to “thank Jesus” for healing her.
 
Vincent ten Bouwhuis is just one of an increasing number of demon slayers who believe the UK is overrun with evil spirits and black magic.
 
He even runs an online school to teach wannabe exorcists how to tackle the demons he claims are terrorising the British population.
 
The Sunday Mirror this week gained exclusive access to his ‘healing and deliverance’ sessions at the Amazing Grace church in Bow, East London.
 
Sindy, a single mum from Croydon, South London, believed he was trying to break a curse he said had been passed down to her by her Trinidadian ancestors.
 
After her session Sindy explained how she had “struggled with demons” since she was allegedly molested by a family friend as a child.
 
She waived her right to anonymity and told us: “I believe that was because of a generational curse that was handed down to me from my grandmother in Trinidad. In my later teens, I began having spiritual encounters.
 
“The evil spirits started visiting me in my sleep and I would have terrible nightmares about them trying to kill me and my three-year- old daughter.
 
“Wherever I went, strange things would happen – things would move without warning. I’m four months pregnant and desperate to break the curse before I pass it on to my kids.
 
“The only way to do this is through the Holy Spirit with the help of my pastor. The ­session this week has already made me feel like a weight has been lifted.”
 
As a church member, Sindy didn’t pay for her “treatment”, but non-members are charged £250 for a two-hour session. Vincent is part of a growing movement of fundamentalist Christians who focus on vulnerable people.
 
We also obtained exclusive film footage of the controversial practice which the pastor hopes will bring more victims of ‘possession’ through his doors.
 
And in another session, a woman who was told she had been possessed by a water demon was advised to fast completely for five days without food or water in order to “flush the demons out.”
 
Vincent is part of a growing movement of fundamentalist Christians who focus on  the vulnerable, telling everyone from drug addicts to victims of sexual abuse, and even those with personality disorders they need to be ‘delivered’ from the devil.
 
American preacher Reverend Bob Larson is so convinced of the growing supernatural threat in the UK that he plans to set up a dedicated Exorcism School in London.
 
Like Vincent he already has an online school which he runs from his home in Arizona, US, as well as campuses in the Caribbean and Ukraine. He is now scouting for a suitable location in the UK.
 
He told the Sunday Mirror he had been looking at hotel conference rooms near Heathrow as well as central London venues in which they could run a series of three-day intensive courses in exorcism.
 
The school in the Ukraine has seen around 300 students pass through its doors since it opened in April and up to 100 people have already registered their interest in a British school.
 
Anyone can sign up to the course and no previous training is required. Students must then pass three levels before becoming ‘qualified’ exorcists.
 
The online school currently charges $995 (about £640) per level or $2, 495 (£1,600) for the whole course.
 
Rev Bob and his 18-year-old daughter Brynne are already well-known across the pond thanks to their dramatic exorcism sessions which regularly have people fainting and screaming as they jam silver crucifixes into their faces and chests.
 
Brynne and her friends, sisters Tess, 18, and Savannah Scherkenback, 21, are also keen devil-hunters and regularly perform as a trio known as The Teenage Exorcists.
 
In July this year, Vice magazine followed them to the Ukraine where they claimed to be able to cure drug addicts and heal victims of sexual abuse.
 
And in a BBC film, due to air next week, the Teenage Exorcists are shown visiting the UK.
 
Like Vincent, they believe the country is a hotbed of possessions and demonic activity.
 
They blame this in part on the popularity of Harry Potter. The girls claim that the spells – most of which are based on Latin words – are actually rooted in the occult.
 
“The spells in Harry Potter are not made up, those are actual spells. They came from witchcraft books,” says Tess.
 
Brynne adds: “In the books we see Harry using the magic for good so we have the dangerous idea that magic can be used for good but in reality all magic is bad because you’re getting your power from Satan.”
 
Vincent agrees. “I haven’t read any but I do think it can be harmful. I think it creates a very real interest in the occult.”
 
He cautions against holistic health practices such as Reiki and yoga.
 
“They are based on Eastern religions and they call upon the powers of whatever spirits they believe in. In the West people think it’s innocent but it’s not.
 
“With yoga it is harmful because it involves meditation which is an open door to the devil.
 
“The whole lotus position is geared around worshipping a demon, it’s a way to please that demon.”
 
The married father of two regularly performs exorcisms like the one we filmed on people who he says have been possessed through curses, witchcraft as well as physical and emotional trauma.
 
He claims that doctors and psychologists cannot cure people who have gone through a trauma because they do not know how to deal with the malignant spiritual forces that result from such experiences.
 
“Any traumatic event acts like an open door and that’s what the devil uses. Doctors and psychologists can deal with the physical and emotional issues but because a demon is a spiritual thing, it takes a spiritual solution.”
 

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Man finds $100,000 worth of cash in United Kingdom river

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You know how your parents told you money doesn't grow on trees? Turns out they were looking in the wrong direction: up, not down.
A man walking his dog in the United Kingdom last month stumbled across an interesting find in the Spalding River: soggy wads of cash floating near a drain. The total haul was about 60,000 pounds, roughly the equivalent of $100,000.
 
"Police are intending to consult with the Bank of England for assistance with a formal inspection of the money and a final accurate count," local police said in a statement.
 
"It isn’t every day that an amount of money like this is found, and somebody must have information that will help the police trace the lawful owner," said Steve Hull of the Spalding Criminal Investigations Department. "I would be grateful to hear from people who have genuine information to pass on to me." And by "genuine information," he means something more than "I can identify that money; it's got a picture of the queen on it."
 
You just know that this is the final scene in some epic crime drama that we don't yet know. Of course, if the man had decided to keep the cash for himself, that could have some significant drawbacks as well, as the '90s classic film "A Simple Plan" taught us.
 
So, yes, money is problematic, and finding soggy handfuls of it could absolutely wreck your life if you make the wrong decision. Still, it'd be nice to have that option, wouldn't it?

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World Cup draw: Eagles may face Russia, Belgium, S/Korea

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African champions, the Super Eagles are set to be placed in Pot 3 when the draw for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil is made in the Brazilian state of Bahia on December 6.

And interestingly, the Eagles may find themselves in Group F, comprising Belgium, Russia and South Korea, who coincidentally, were in the same group B with Nigeria at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

After 26 months of qualifying matches around the world, the 31 nations that will join hosts Brazil at the 2014 World Cup have emerged with Uruguay becoming the last team to seal their place after taking out Jordan in their two-legged playoffs.

FIFA Secretary General  Jérôme Valcke will conduct the draw and the balls will be picked out by former World Cup winners from the eight nations who have won the 19 tournaments to date. According to The Metro, these will include  Cafu, Fabio Cannavaro, Mario Kempes, Lothar Matthaus, Zinedine Zidane and 1966 legend Sir Geoff Hurst.

 

According to Bleacher Report, the pots separate out the top eight seeded teams and help ensure that teams from the same confederations are separated as much as possible.There are four pots, each containing eight nations. Each pot is drawn in order, so that its teams end up in different groups. So, once Pot 1 is drawn, each group will have their first member. And it will, in all likelihood, be the biggest team in their respective tank.

Pot 1 is for the seeded teams, which is based on the October 2013 FIFA rankings, therefore Pot 1 will contain the following, Brazil (ranked 11th), Spain (1st) Germany (2nd)  Argentina (3rd), Colombia (4th) , Belgium (5th), Uruguay (6th)  and Switzerland (7th)

And the  authoritative American sports portal added that the Eagles might be drawn in Group F, housing Belgium, Russia and South Korea, though the likelihood of it happening is not just guaranteed, since it is a draw.

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