Another African soccer incident.
Egypt match between two rival teams from Cairo -- days of rioting beforehand with clashes with police.
At least 25 fans are dead, and all soccer matches in the country have been stopped until further notice.
This, three years after 74 people were killed in similar clashes just three years ago. Fans of one of the teams, upon not getting what they felt was justice, burned down the headquarters of the national federation.
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And a follow-up on the African Cup of Nations farce:
All matches were played. Maybe 1,000 people showed up for the third-place match with hosts Equatorial Guinea.
Neither the third place match between Democratic Republic of the Congo and Equatorial Guinea nor the final between Ivory Coast and Ghana had a goal.
Both went to penalties. DR Congo won the third-place match, Ivory Coast emerged the champions in a 9-8 shootout.
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