Egypt exhausted Cameroon to set up Algeria clash
Egypt set up what is assertive to be a highly-charged semi-final adjoin Algeria at the African Nations Cup if record-breaker Ahmed Hassan affronted villain to hero in a 3-1 achievement over Cameroon Monday. Nigeria saw off Zambia 5-4 in a amends shootout afterwards a aimless draw in the day's added quarter-final in Lubango and will yield on Gha
na for a abode in Sunday's final in a affray of two World Cup-bound teams. The endure four appointment amid the bifold arresting champions and Algeria will aswell accept a appropriate flavour with the Egyptians out for animus afterwards the Maghreb ancillary pipped them to a admission to South Africa endure year. In Benguela, Egypt skipper Hassan becoming an African almanac 170th cap but there was little to bless for the midfielder if he deflected an Achille Emana bend into his own net in the 25th minute. Hassan adored himself eight account afore the breach with a 35-metre able chargeless bang that bounced afore Idriss Carlos Kameni afore award the aback of the net. After the bold concluded 1-1 afterwards 90 minutes, Mohamed Nagui intercepted a abhorrent aback canyon from Geremi to his babysitter and calmly slotted home in the aboriginal minute of added time. Three account later, Hassan ensured Egypt would extend their almanac best run in the Nations Cup to 17 amateur if his chargeless kick, partially blocked by Kameni, bounced aback off the woodwork but was adjudged to accept beyond the line. Television replays adumbrated otherwise. Cameroon accomplished the bold with 10 men afterwards centre aback Aurelien Chedjou was beatific off for a able abhorrent with nine account left. Chedjou had been adopted in the starting agency to Rigobert Song, whose run of 36 alternating Nations Cup finals matches addition aback to 1996 was ended. Thursday's Algeria adjoin Egypt tie in Benguela is assertive to accession aegis apropos afterwards abandon bedridden the two World Cup qualifiers amid the two teams endure November. The Algeria aggregation bus was benumbed by affronted admirers in Cairo and post-game clashes afflicted 32 afterwards Egypt affected a playoff with a 2-0 win. The playoff in Khartoum was aswell disrupted. FOOTBALLING MINNOWS In Lubango, Nigeria had to dig abysmal to see off footballing minnows Zambia, who are 76th in the FIFA rankings but had avant-garde from a accumulation featuring Cameroon, Tunisia and Gabon. The Super Eagles were bedeviled in the additional bisected and accomplished with 10 men afterwards Onyekachi Apam was beatific off afterwards acrimonious up a additional chicken agenda in the 106th minute. Zambia had their best adventitious two account afterwards but Noah Chivuta's 30-metre bang was angled over his own bar by Nigeria goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama. Enyeama was the hero in the shoot-out, abstinent Thomas Nyirenda by addition down to his appropriate afore applique the acceptable spot-kick.
na for a abode in Sunday's final in a affray of two World Cup-bound teams. The endure four appointment amid the bifold arresting champions and Algeria will aswell accept a appropriate flavour with the Egyptians out for animus afterwards the Maghreb ancillary pipped them to a admission to South Africa endure year. In Benguela, Egypt skipper Hassan becoming an African almanac 170th cap but there was little to bless for the midfielder if he deflected an Achille Emana bend into his own net in the 25th minute. Hassan adored himself eight account afore the breach with a 35-metre able chargeless bang that bounced afore Idriss Carlos Kameni afore award the aback of the net. After the bold concluded 1-1 afterwards 90 minutes, Mohamed Nagui intercepted a abhorrent aback canyon from Geremi to his babysitter and calmly slotted home in the aboriginal minute of added time. Three account later, Hassan ensured Egypt would extend their almanac best run in the Nations Cup to 17 amateur if his chargeless kick, partially blocked by Kameni, bounced aback off the woodwork but was adjudged to accept beyond the line. Television replays adumbrated otherwise. Cameroon accomplished the bold with 10 men afterwards centre aback Aurelien Chedjou was beatific off for a able abhorrent with nine account left. Chedjou had been adopted in the starting agency to Rigobert Song, whose run of 36 alternating Nations Cup finals matches addition aback to 1996 was ended. Thursday's Algeria adjoin Egypt tie in Benguela is assertive to accession aegis apropos afterwards abandon bedridden the two World Cup qualifiers amid the two teams endure November. The Algeria aggregation bus was benumbed by affronted admirers in Cairo and post-game clashes afflicted 32 afterwards Egypt affected a playoff with a 2-0 win. The playoff in Khartoum was aswell disrupted. FOOTBALLING MINNOWS In Lubango, Nigeria had to dig abysmal to see off footballing minnows Zambia, who are 76th in the FIFA rankings but had avant-garde from a accumulation featuring Cameroon, Tunisia and Gabon. The Super Eagles were bedeviled in the additional bisected and accomplished with 10 men afterwards Onyekachi Apam was beatific off afterwards acrimonious up a additional chicken agenda in the 106th minute. Zambia had their best adventitious two account afterwards but Noah Chivuta's 30-metre bang was angled over his own bar by Nigeria goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama. Enyeama was the hero in the shoot-out, abstinent Thomas Nyirenda by addition down to his appropriate afore applique the acceptable spot-kick.
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Action in Africa
From when he was very young, Charlie proved he was a person of action. As a rebellious young man he attended Eton College as a Latin scholar - but when he left at 18, he went through his love of riding racehorses, into business as an Events promoter. By the time he was 24, he could count The British Government among his clients, and by the time he was 27, he had managed events for Pavarotti and Pink Floyd.
Charlie found himself in Australia when he was 29, where he met Cher while promoting her massive tour. The following year, with Cher as his sponsor, he went to America and for a number of years worked with her in her management company.
Charlie is one of four co-founders of Promenade Pictures, a US film distribution company. Frank Yablans, the former President of Paramount and CEO of MGM/UA, and Ron Booth and Cindy Bond are his partners. Charlie, who works as President of Music and Management in Promenade's Santa Monica offices, says that Frank has been an invaluable mentor to him. "I strongly believe in mentoring," he says. "Over the decades Frank has mentored some of the best in Hollywood, and just as I've benefited by his mentoring, I believe that others could similarly benefit from getting direction and advice from the right person."
100 Million Land Mines
In addition to being an executive producer of films, Charlie continues to do events, and in 2004 he served as Arrangements Chairman for the final Billy Graham Crusade. "This was a great honour," he says, "and immediately after this, I was approached to become involved with the Mineseeker Foundation. When I learned how important an issue this is, and how it affects so many other things, I agreed to become a part of it. There are over 100 million landmines under the ground, not just killing people, but disrupting commerce and society where they are planted. When Princess Diana died, landmines fell off the front page - but they continue to be a global issues which impact more than the physical danger they represent. We need to get rid of them."
Mineseeker has a special technology that quickly detects landmines. "Previously," Charlie explains, "with the means that were available, it was going to be a 500-year problem of detecting and clearing all the landmines in the world. It cost $1000 to clear one mine, so it is not only a very slow process, but also very expensive."
New Technology
The new technology that Mineseeker has was developed by the British Ministry of Defence and licensed to Mineseeker. It is a ground-penetrating radar that when carried on a stable aerial platform, can scan the ground at 100 meters per second, detecting all mines. "It can even detect those pesky plastic mines designed to take off a foot," Charlie adds.
Mineseekers work is so pivotal to supporting growth in nations that the world's most prominent humanitarian figure, Nelson Mandela, is a major supporter. "As patrons of The Mineseeker Foundation," says Mr Mandela on the website, "my wife Graça Machel and I take this opportunity to call upon world business leaders and statesman to support a new technology that can hasten our quest to rid the world of landmines. I call upon you to stand hand-in-hand with us as we move forward to remove landmines from our planet, once and for all."
Incredible and Impassioned
"Mr Mandela and his wife Graasa Machel, have guided the Mineseeker work in Africa," Charlie states. "Everyone knows former President Mandela. However, it is important for the world to know how incredible and impassioned a lady is Mrs Machel. She was the wife of the late Mozambique president Samora Machel, who died in a plane crash in South Africa in 1986, and she later married Nelson Mandela. She is the only woman to be married to two Presidents of different countries."
Mineseeker and The Sole of Africa Campaign's deliberate focus is to move country by country, and it is Mozambique where they are concentrating much of their effort. After 36 years of war in the former Portuguese colony, landmines litter the country.
"Every 19 minutes landmines kill and maim someone," Charlie points out, "and they are usually women or children. With this technology we can detect the exact position of every landmine, but equally important, we also learn where the mines are not. Most of them are planted on fertile land but 85 percent of the land does not have them, even though they have been marked as mine fields. They have been taken out of production because no one wants to work a field where there could be mines."
Turning Killing Fields to Kitchens Once it is known that land is clear of mines, it can be put back into food production. "We can change the people who were trading for today into making crops for tomorrow," says Charlie. "We turn the killing fields into kitchens, where people can produce the food they desperately need."
One of the crops that they can also be growing is biofuels. "By 2010, Europe is going to require nearly 20 percent of their energy to be biofuels, but they don't have the capacity to provide it all domestically. Countries such as Mozambique, Angola and Senegal can be growing crops for biofuels that will provide revenues for the people."
Self-sufficiency is at the heart of the work that Charlie and Sole of Africa do. "Overcoming the problems in Africa won't come through aid, and it won't come through debt reduction - which makes no difference to the people who are most in need. These measures are just band-aids on a hemorrhaging wound. Only by empowering people, by teaching the fishermen to fish, are we going to make a difference."
Irrevocable Talents
Charlie sees one his "irrevocable talents' as being able to bring people together to use their talents and resources to take action. "There is no doubt in my mind," he says, "that the way Sole of Africa has aligned its forces, with its focus for immediate result implementation, is the way charities should operate in today's world. A lean, cost-effective management co-opting the best technology and the best people, who are a lot of fun to work with, is the way to do it. As I give 100% I get back 1000% that stays in my heart. This is why it's worth it to me!"
While it may be worth a lot to Charlie, his efforts of bringing people together means even more to the people who benefit from his endeavours. "Last week we were able to provide two and half million dollars worth of food without spending a dollar. We provided needy people with Vitameals through Nourish the Children [See XL Magazine Vol 2 Issue 6, 2006] which is headed by Lee Iacocca, and then distributed by Larry Jones, Chairman of Feed the Children; and then we have team members in the field, such as Heidi Baker, who is a modern day Mother Theresa, to handle distribution to the families in crisis after recent floods and cyclones.
"We don't reinvent the wheel," Charlie continues, "We use people who are already doing the work that they do best so there is no wastage. In this case, we had no expenses so everything goes to the people who need it.
Giving and Receiving
In the last few months, for our donors we have set up HUB (Humanities Unites Brilliance). We have USA XL members, and like many of our donors, they are empowered and looking to make as big a difference in their lives as possible. So HUB is set up not only to give but also to receive. HUB members receive weekly conference calls with various Sole of Africa alliance members, as well as attending a Mark Victor Hansen "Mega Giving and Receiving Conference' in Los Angeles (www.megagivingandreceiving.com)
With high-profile people on the board such as patrons Nelson Mandela, Queen Noor of Jordan, Graasa Machel, Sir Richard Branson, John Paul deJoria, Brad Pitt, and Michael Kendrick as Founder and Chairman, Sole of Africa is able to mobilize people and resources.
Donated Operations
"We have superstars and we have nameless, faceless people with skills that help us do so much. We are about to bring a little boy, Beloved, who blew his own face up when he picked up a grenade, to Los Angeles where he is being donated operations. We also have medical teams who go to Africa where they can carry out 120 operations in six days."
Charlie knows more can be done by bringing people together and using their irrevocable talents. "After the Tsunami, 70% of NGOs worked separately when they could have done so much more by working together. We bring people and organisations together."
Motivating Isn't Always Easy
Though Charlie says, "It is not always easy to get people motivated regarding world issues with all that is in our personal lives," he believes that we are in a time when the world is now spiritually awake. "The passion of the movement is tremendous. It goes beyond colour, religion, nationality or background. It is all about bringing people, each with their own skill sets and passions, together to make the world a better place. The world has cried out for decades. Perhaps, because we are able to hear ourselves, we are now aware of the world's wounds.
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Fun Facts About Soccer
The word favourite doesn't mean much in soccer (football) today. Paraguay won the silver medal in soccer in the 2004 Olympic Games in Greece.
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In 1962 the FIFA World Championship was held in Chile for the first time. Brazil captured an unprecedented 2nd FIFA World Cup by defeating Czechoslovaquia (currently Czech Republic) on June 17, 1962, in Santiago de Chile.
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The 2010 FIFA World Championship was scheduled to be held in South Africa.
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Japan won the bronze medal in soccer at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City.
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Everald “Gally” Commings is the best known and experienced Trinidadian player around the world. He played in the North American Soccer League in the 1970s.
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For the first time, Kuwait qualified for the FIFA World Cup in 1982.
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In 1950 Brazil hosted the World Cup. Surprisingly, the host lost the final 2-1 to Uruguay.
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Jose Luis Chilavert was the best known and most experienced Paraguayan player in the 20th century.He was born on July 27, 1965, in Luque, Paraguay. Like Oscar Schmidt (Brazilian basketball player) and Raul Ramirez (Mexican tennis player), Jose Luis”Chila” Chilavert was one of the best sportsman in Latin America.He played for clubs in Argentina (San Lorenzo) and Spain (Zaragoza).
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Uruguay won the first FIFA World Cup in 1930. They beat Argentina 4-2 in the final in Montevideo, the capital city of Uruguay.
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West Germany (currently Germany) was the first team from Europe to win the FIFA World Cup (1954).
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Cameroon, an ex-French colony in Africa, won the gold medal soccer in the 2000 Olympic Games in Australia. Cameroon defeated Spain 5-3.
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Different from Peru, Malaysia, Thailand, and Taiwan, Cote d'Ivoire, formerly Ivory Coast, is one of the world`s poorest countries.However, Cote d'Ivoire is one of the best teams in the Third World.It qualified for the FIFA World Cup in 2006.
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Edson Arantes do Nascimento, who is best known as “Pele”, played in four FIFA World Cup competitions (Sweden-1958, Chile-1962, England-1966, and Mexico-1970), and scored over 1,200 goals in his career before finally retiring in 1977.
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In August 1983 Uruguay's national soccer team won its first-ever gold medal at the Pan American Games in Venezuela.
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Nigeria defeated Argentina 3-2 and won the gold medal in soccer at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia (USA).
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Angola qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. It is one of the ten poorest countries in the world. The education system is one of the worst in the Third World.
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In 1994 Bolivia beat Brazil 3-1 in the FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
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South Korea has competed in the World Cup seven times:1954, 1986,1990, 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006.
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El Salvador won the gold medal in soccer at the 1954 Central American and Caribbean Games in Mexico City.
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Hungary has won a gold medal in mes´s soccer three times at the Olympic Games:1952, 1964 and 1968.
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There are Brazil-born player in the squads of Mexico (Antonio Naelson), Japan (Alessandro “Alex” Santos), Spain (Mario Senna), and Tunisia (Francileudo dos Santos)
Ricardo Lavolpe, former coach of Mexico,once said, "I would say around 80 per cent of the strikers who play in the Mexican League are foreigners, and If one of them is a naturalized Mexican, I don't understand why I can't pick him If the Constitution says he's Mexican, that's good enough for me".
Alejandro Guevara Onofre: He is a freelance writer. Alejandro is of Italian, African and Peruvian ancestry. He've studied political science and journalism. He has published more than seventy-five research paper in English, and more than twenty in Spanish, concerning the world issues, olympic sports, countries, and tourism. His next essay is called "The Dictator and Alicia Alonso".He is an expert on foreign affairs. Futhermore, Alejandro is the first author who has published a world-book encyclopedia in Latina America.
He admires Frida Kahlo (Mexican painter), Hillary Clinton (ex-First Lady of the USA), and Jimmy Carter (former President of the USA). His favorite film is "Gorillas in the Mist". Some of his favorite books are “The Return of Eva Peron and the Killings in Trinidad” (by V.S.Naipaul), "Las Mujeres de los Dictadores" (by Juan Gasparini) and “Murder of a Gentle Land” (by John Barron and Anthony Paul). His personal motto is "The future is for those people who believe in the beauty of their dreams" by Eleanor Roosevelt.
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Africa Cup of Nations
Currently underway in the heart of Africa, Angola is playing host to some of the top teams in the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations. From the 10th of Jan 2010 to the 31st of the month, few of Africa's top teams will be heading it off in a sport that is greatly admired by millions around the world - Football. This year Angola has made all their necessary provisions in the development of their grounds so as to help them cater to the likes of the varied African nations. In the starting leagues, the home team Angola play against Mali in what many will term it as the showdown of the day.
The group stages of the Africa Cup of Nations are scheduled to run down to the 21st where thereafter begins the knockout rounds. Sponsored well by Orange and Angola Telecom, this year, The Africa Cup of Nations is definitely going to be one of the most defining moments in African football history.
Angola, located on the southern coast of Africa has been at the center of controversies and violence during the past few years. This season, with communal harmony being the theme of the tournament, they are looking forward towards creating history and friendship ties with other nations. It is a great opportunity to kick start the new year as more and more number of avid football supporters from around the nation will be heading off to Angola to partake in the festivities. With the final leg scheduled to be held on the 31st, the games are sure to pick up pace in the African Continent.
The group stages of the Africa Cup of Nations are scheduled to run down to the 21st where thereafter begins the knockout rounds. Sponsored well by Orange and Angola Telecom, this year, The Africa Cup of Nations is definitely going to be one of the most defining moments in African football history.
Angola, located on the southern coast of Africa has been at the center of controversies and violence during the past few years. This season, with communal harmony being the theme of the tournament, they are looking forward towards creating history and friendship ties with other nations. It is a great opportunity to kick start the new year as more and more number of avid football supporters from around the nation will be heading off to Angola to partake in the festivities. With the final leg scheduled to be held on the 31st, the games are sure to pick up pace in the African Continent.
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