[Argh]

the suicide of a "planetary icon."

I'll be damned.

[bwteim]

How Chirac views the butt-head, uh, head butt ZZ:

"President Jacques Chirac, at a meeting with the team Monday at the Elysée Palace, embraced Mr. Zidane and told him: "You are a virtuoso....You are also a man of heart, commitment and conviction. That's why France admires and loves you."