"No decision on Qatar World Cup before next year: Blatter"
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" Blatter said FIFA would not turn a blind eye to allegations of abuses of workers' rights in Qatar.
"I express all my sympathy and regret for anything that happens in any country where there are deaths on construction sites, especially when they are related to a World Cup," he told a news conference.
Britain's Guardian newspaper reported last week that dozens of Nepali workers had died on building sites in Qatar over the summer.
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) said 4,000 lives would be at risk before the tournament started and said Qatar's response of promising to increase the number of labor inspectors was inadequate.
"We should also say that workers' rights are the responsibility for Qatar and the (construction) companies, there are many European companies working there and these are also responsible for the conditions of workers; it's not FIFA's responsibility but we can't turn a blind eye," Blatter said.
"This intervention can only be carried out by Qatar itself and they have confirmed they will do so."
TRANSLATION: no, the bribe money was really not dirty money
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/no-deci...5602--sow.html
" Blatter said FIFA would not turn a blind eye to allegations of abuses of workers' rights in Qatar.
"I express all my sympathy and regret for anything that happens in any country where there are deaths on construction sites, especially when they are related to a World Cup," he told a news conference.
Britain's Guardian newspaper reported last week that dozens of Nepali workers had died on building sites in Qatar over the summer.
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) said 4,000 lives would be at risk before the tournament started and said Qatar's response of promising to increase the number of labor inspectors was inadequate.
"We should also say that workers' rights are the responsibility for Qatar and the (construction) companies, there are many European companies working there and these are also responsible for the conditions of workers; it's not FIFA's responsibility but we can't turn a blind eye," Blatter said.
"This intervention can only be carried out by Qatar itself and they have confirmed they will do so."
TRANSLATION: no, the bribe money was really not dirty money
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