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Calls for FIFA's Blatter to quit as global anger builds

FIFA's veteran president Sepp Blatter faced angry demands to resign after US indictments and arrests of top lieutenants engulfed the football supremo in crisis heading into an annual congress Thursday.

As Blatter prepared to open the congress in Switzerland, top sponsors who pour millions into world football -- including Coca-Cola, Adidas, McDonald's and Visa -- pressed the global body to clean itself up.

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