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Blatter quits as FIFA chief after corruption scandal

By Brian Homewood

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ZURICH, June 2 (Reuters) - Sepp Blatter resigned as FIFA president on Tuesday in the face of a U.S.-led corruption investigation that has plunged world soccer's governing body into the worst crisis in its history.