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...Although Egypt routinely wins the continent-wide African Nations Cup, it has not made it to the World Cup since 1990 (when it booked its passage with a win over Algeria). Being represented on the premier stage of the global game is no small feat for a country that is obsessed with both soccer and its national image. Nor have Egypt-Algeria encounters traditionally passed without incident: the 1989 qualifier was followed by riots in which an Egyptian team doctor lost an eye and Interpol issued an arrest warrant for an Algerian player...
...England, Smith had played soccer at an extremely competitive level for most of his life. He was Framwellgate team captain from 2000-05 and helped lead his Sunderland youth team to a Premier Youth League Championship in 2006-07. Smith was also team captain for a Durham Gilesgate Sixth Form Centre that won a County League Cup from 2007-08, and a member of Durham City AFC, which won the Chairman’s Cup championships in 2008-09—all before arriving in Cambridge...
...maturing government debt owed to it by 32 African countries. The announcement came a few days before a meeting between China's top legislator Wu Bangguo and Kenneth Marende, the Speaker of Kenya's National Assembly, to discuss cooperation between the two countries. Further, on Nov. 8, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao was to attend the opening ceremony of the 4th Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation to be held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt...
Wynton Marsalis is already the most renowned jazz musician of his generation. Now, he's trying out a new musical style: mixing classical with the blues. On Nov. 19, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra will premier Blues Symphony, Marsalis' first work composed exclusively for orchestra. It celebrates the blues through moments in American history and, in Marsalis' words, "incorporates the call-and-responses, train whistles, stomp-down grooves, big-city complexities and down-home idiosyncrasies of Afro-American and American music." Ahead of the symphony's premiere, the jazz master spoke with TIME about working with an orchestra, the significance...
...Season Premier titled “You’re Not In Kenya Anymore” marks the return of Rob Foster after a year abroad, only to find Dartek (who?) rave all over campus and the girl of his dreams dating Dartek (again, who?). Well, sorry bud, trends here in Cambridge moves fast. But hey, at least you kissed the girl before Dartek did. Boy, talk about drama...