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Soccer-Blatter shrugs off Figo dictator jibe as election nears

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By Mike Collett

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ZURICH, May 26 (Reuters) - FIFA president Sepp Blatter shrugged off Luis Figo's accusation he had turned world soccer's ruling body into a dictatorship as the election campaign moved towards its final stages on Tuesday.