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Bangladesh uber alles He has never been to Germany, never seen its football team play, but Bangladeshi farmer Amjad Hossain may just be the Mannschaft's most fanatical fan. The 72-year-old has covered his land in a 7.5 kilometre-long (4.7 miles) German flag, the gigantic black, red and yellow banner meandering through his verdant fields in the southern district of Magura. Hossain said his love of all things German began after a German drug saved his life. "I was seriously ill in 2004 and 2005...