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Homeless world cup begins in Copenhagen

Hundreds of homeless people from across the globe waved flags and blew whistles at the start of the Homeless World Cup on Copenhagen's main square.

Cheered by onlookers, the 48 football teams marched onto the pitch, many dancing to the rhythms of a samba band, with reigning champions Russia leading the parade.

Some 500 players, from as far afield as Burundi, the US, Kazakhstan, Chile and India, were taking part in the week-long event, which was conceived by newspaper editors at a meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, in 2001.