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Last update - 22:21 19/11/2009
Egypt recalls ambassador to Algeria over soccer game
By News Agencies
Tags: World Cup, Egypt news 

Egypt has recalled its ambassador to Algeria for consultations as part of a growing diplomatic row caused by a bitter soccer rivalry between the two Arab nations.

The Egyptian foreign ministry also summoned Algeria's ambassador in Cairo to express to him its extreme dismay over attacks on Egyptian fans in the Sudanese capital Khartoum after a soccer match between the two nations there.

Egypt also complained Thursday about attacks on Egyptian interests in Algeria following a Saturday World Cup qualifying game in Cairo that Egypt won 2-0.
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The 2-0 result left Egypt and Algeria level on points and with the same number of goals scored and conceded. The two played a make-or-break match in Khartoum Wednesday that Algeria won 1-0 to advance to the 2010 World Cup.

Egypt's ambassador to Sudan said Thursday that "the Egyptian fans were attacked in the streets. President [Hosni] Mubarak called the Sudanese president and asked him to take action to prevent the deterioration of the delicate situation," Channel 10 reported.

The Algerian government, for its part, issued a statement saying that it was the Algerian fans who were attacked by an angry Egyptian mob, and calling on the international football association to ban the Egyptian team for two years.

Channel 10 further reported that 5 to 10 Algerians have been hurt in street fights on Thursday.
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