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Soccer-Blatter stands down as FIFA president

ZURICH, June 2 (Reuters) - Sepp Blatter resigned as FIFA president on Tuesday, four days after being re-elected to a fifth term. Blatter, 79, announced the decision at a news conference in Zurich, six days after the FBI raided a hotel in Zurich and arrested several FIFA officials. (Reporting by Brian Homewood, editing by Mitch Phillips:)