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World Cup is on us (begins June 9th). This is where true world citizens get separated from the chaff (that's you, if you're thinking 'soccer' as you read this) In the spirit of global citizenship, a little German town has reached out and touched ... the African nation of Togo. "For the last two weeks, Wangen's citizens have been busy turning their idyllic little town into a corner of Africa as the Allgau region plays host to the Togo national team’s pre-FIFA World Cup™ training camp. Indeed, some 3,000 people turned out wearing scarves and shirts to bid their adopted side the warmest of welcomes at the Marktplatz on 15 May. There was even a song composed in their honour by local soul band, the bizarrely-named Double Cooked Pork Slices, entitled Miawo-ezon-Lo-o (Welcome strangers who have travelled so far)." 'Welcome strangers who have travelled so far'