Soccer
Nov 19 2009, Marco Villa

This is how low and stupid Arab regimes are:

Earlier this week, the Algerian national soccer [football] team traveled to Cairo for the World Cup qualifying match. Upon arrival, the bus transporting the team was attacked by Egyptian hooligans whom...

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