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Libya to Play African Championship Match Against Comores Despite Regime’s Crackdown

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James M. Dorsey
Mar 05, 2011
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Libya’s national soccer teams intends to play this month’s African championship match against the Comoros despite mass anti-government protests that are tearing the country apart and have sparked a brutal crackdown by embattled Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadaffi.

Libyan team coach Marcos Paqueta sent on Friday the list of players he intends to deploy for…

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