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chapter32 Egypt Footbal Match 70 Dead, Thousands pay Homage at the train carrying Ultra fans from Portsaid

EGYPT / 2 Feb 2012 / 1,616 Views / 1 comments
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Fans of Al-Masry, a team based in Port Said at the northern end of the Suez Canal, invaded the pitch celebrating the team's home win over Al-Ahly, the Cairo-based club that is Egypt's biggest and most successful, and attacked amid what seemed to be an almost total absence of police.

Players fled to their changing rooms, from where the Al-Ahly team called their in-house television channel to give eye-witness accounts and denounce the lack of security.

There were wildly different estimates of casualties, but doctors said they believed 73 were dead.

Meanwhile, the Cairo International Stadium, which Al-Ahly shares with its local rivals Zamalek, was briefly set on fire after the evening game there was cancelled as a mark of respect.

The violence is a telling sign of the lack of security in Egypt following last year's revolution. That was in part triggered by outrage at unchecked brutality by police, and one of the Mubarak regime's first responses was to call them off the streets and put the army in charge of protests


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Mateus 24 Apr 2012

 


1) There aren't any DJ dance clubs like the ones here in America. It's just something they don't do and you'll see that there. Belly daicnng is very popular there, so you'll find many parties/events that have that kind of daicnng.2) Yes, the streets are safe, you won't get mugged or beaten up. Based on what your dressed in the people might look at you weird, but it's not a big deal. As long as your wife isn't showing too much skin then your going to be fine.3) I'm actually not sure about the hotels there, but overall the hotels are super cheap. Especially for us Americans because everything we pay is divided by 5.5. Cheaper for us and expensive for them. Just make sure they are good hotels though.4) Renting car's over there is very difficult. You might not have that chance. Most of the time, visitors just take the taxi's because the driving there is SO crazy. When you go there, you'll probably change your mind about driving. I was there last summer and I stayed for a month and a half and I was in 3 car accidents (I never drove there .) So yes driving there is really stressful. I hope this kinda helped, but overall I hope you and your wife have a wonderful time!



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