The crowd shouted "Gaddafi! Gaddafi!" after each goal
Posted on 04/03/2011 8:11:05 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Thousands of Malians turned out to cheer on Libya's football team in an African Cup of Nations qualifier in Mali's capital.
The match was held in Bamako because of security concerns in Libya.
About 20,000 Malians turned out to watch the game, many carrying posters protesting against the Western-led military intervention in Libya.
"We were very touched by the Malian crowd," captain Tariq Ibrahim al-Tayib told the BBC after beating Comoros 3-0.
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The crowd shouted "Gaddafi! Gaddafi!" after each goal
Mali offers aid to Japan's earthquake victimsMali's President Amadou Toumani Toure on Thursday gave the Japanese ambassador a cheque of 30 million FCFA (66,000 U. S. dollars) in aid to the Asian country's earthquake victims.
Source: Xinhua
April 02, 2011
The president handed over the cheque after signing the condolence book at the Japanese Embassy in Mali.
He declared that the cheque was a "message of solidarity from the Malian people."
"It is of course a drop of water in the ocean if we compare with what Japan has given Mali in many sectors. But this is our modest contribution. It is a modest gesture that symbolizes the deep friendship between our two countries," the president told the Japanese envoy.
Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooaaaallllllll—ddafi.
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