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It should be, but the World Cup qualifier between Egypt and Algeria is turning into a mini-war, reports Everybody knows Egyptians built the Pyramids. But apparently Algerians conquered them. An Algerian website picturing an Algerian flag planted firmly atop the Giza colossus and a photo of what looks like Algeria's star midfielder Karim Ziani superimposed along one entire side of the famed edifice is but one in a long list of aggressive tit-for-tat exchanges in the media of North African rivals Egypt and Algeria. In the run-up to the humongous 14 November clash for the right to go to the 2010 World Cup, what should be a football game has fast become akin to a war game. Surely, the 18th century Prussian military historian Carl von Clausewitz did not have football in mind when he coined his most famous motto: "war is a... [read full story]
The Peace Corps bloggers are mourning the loss of a fellow volunteer, 23-year-old So Youn Kim, who had worked at a youth center in the southern Moroccan village of Tamegrout. Bloggers who knew her and those who didn't have...
clipped by: The Infowarrior clipper's remarks: LOL? Clip Source: www.politicaltheatrics.net An Israeli prison,The Nakab, located between Egypt and Israel has booked one cat in solitary confinement as punishment for its services...
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan on Sunday announced a six-day delay to long-awaited elections to make up for hold-ups in registering millions of voters in the oil-producing country. Election officials have faced huge logistical...
Following an embarrassing rendition of the country’s national anthem by Ras Dumisani at the Springboks game in France last weekend, South Africans have been urged to learn the anthem’s words. The call comes as the 2010 Soccer...
