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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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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 Cup champion in...

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