CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOC; Phoenix arises: The Orthodox Church of St Mary Magdalene in Minsk, one of the few remaining older buildings in the city which will host England against the national team tonight.

The Daily Mail (London, England) | October 15, 2008 | Copyright

Byline: CINDY BLAKE

SO, WHERE is this place? Rio Ferdinand, England's stand-in captain, might have asked the question as he and the team boarded the plane to Minsk for today's World Cup qualifying match against Belarus.

Without resorting to an atlas, many Westerners know about Minsk only because in the popular TV sitcom Friends, Phoebe's boyfriend went to work there. In fact, Belarus is in the very centre of Europe.

Bounded by Poland to the west, Ukraine to the south, Lithuania and Latvia to the north, and Russia to the east, it has a population of ...

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