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A Cairo coffee house erupts, then goes silent as Egypt’s World Cup run meets Argentina

A Cairo coffee house erupts, then goes silent as Egypt’s World Cup run meets Argentina
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CAIRO (AP) — The small coffee house in Cairo was turned Tuesday into a tiny stadium. Several hundred people, mostly men and boys as young as 7, gathered around wall-mounted screens ahead of the kickoff whistle. The scene played out across the soccer-mad nation as Egypt faced the defending World C...

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