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Article: Feature: Sports-loving Egyptians enjoy Olympics at cafes along the Nile
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- August 18, 2008
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Feature: Sports-loving Egyptians enjoy Olympics at cafes along
the Nile
By Yu Zhongwen
CAIRO, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- "The performances of the Chinese
athletes are wonderful!" Cairo fast-food restaurant manager Said
said of the Chinese athletes competing at the ongoing Beijing
Olympic Games.
"It's great for the Chinese team to lead the medal tally since
the beginning of the Games," said Said, whose snack bar in the
suburban district of Maadi is crowded every night with locals
watching repeat telecasts of the gymnastic events on television.
It is midnight Sunday, and gentle summer breezes cool the streets
of the Egyptian capital. But the mercury is rising inside the cafes
of Cairo, as the ...
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