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Algeria and Egypt stopped just short of war over qualification for the 2010 football World Cup in South Africa. We hear that President Abdelaziz Bouteflika had considered a special forces intervention if Algeria lost a group play-off match to decide Africa's last qualifier in Khartoum, Sudan. Not only was blood spilt by players and fans, Algerian and Egyptian communities have been threatened in each other's countries; embassies, airline offices and other national symbols have been attacked, envoys recalled and businesses threatened....

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South Africa, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Sudan, Libya, Moammar el Gadaffi, Qatari, Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani, Mohamed Hosni Mubarak, Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir, Chakib Khelil, Sawaris, France, Naguib Sawaris, Saïd Bouteflika, Alaa Mubarak, Gamal Mubarak