Manchester United discovered what it is like to lose a European Cup final as brilliant Barcelona ruled Rome on Wednesday, securing a comfortable 2-0 win.

If there is any consolation in failure to become the first side to retain the trophy in the Champions League era, it is that they lost to a side as fluent and brilliant to watch as they are.

Samuel Eto'o and Lionel Messi scored the goals either side of half-time but to single those two out for special praise would be unfair on their team-mates, and particularly Xavi, who was simply awesome.

For once Cristiano Ronaldo could provide no magic of his own, instead getting increasingly frustrated as defeat loomed.

barca won the UCL.
and they don't deserve it (i'm not a man utd fan).
barca shouldn't have even gotten through the semis.
forget it.
Leo Messi did a good job though.

The United States and South Korea have raised the alert level for their security forces a day after North Korea declared it was scrapping the 1953 armistice that brought a halt to the Korean War.

The South Korean defence ministry said on Thursday that the US-South Korea Combined Forces Command had raised its alert level from stage three to two.

"Surveillance over the North will be stepped up, with more aircraft and personnel mobilised," Won Tae-jae, a defence ministry spokesman, said.

The alert level, the highest since North Korea's first-ever nuclear test in 2006, comes just days after Pyongyang carried out its second nuclear test and a series of missile launches in violation of a UN resolution.

The prospect of a naval clash also increased after Pyongyang threatened a military response to any attempt by US-led forces to intercept its vessels off the Korean peninsula's west coast.

pretty irritated by N.korea
hope terrorists go and attack them or something.



hehehe.