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After a 1-1 draw in the opening match of the World Cup, South Africa's national football team is hoping to make the country proud when it takes on Uruguay on Youth Day. After Wednesday's match in Pretoria, South Africa will face France on June 22 in Bloemfontein. Youth Day celebrates the June 16, 1976, Soweto Uprising, when black students rose up against the educational policies of the former apartheid government and were fired on. How many demonstrators were killed in the protest is still unclear, but estimates range from 200 to 600 people. From the scene of that pivotal bloody protest, Al Jazeera's Jonah Hull sent this report Related articles by Zemanta The image that changed the course of South Africa's history (cnn.com) World Cup 2010: South Africa inspired by chance to make history (guardian.co.uk)

Egypt's chief prosecutor has ordered an investigation into the death of Khaled Saeed, a young man allegedly killed by police in the coastal city of Alexandria. Activists and family members say the 28-year-old was tortured to death for possessing video material implicating members of the police in a drug deal. The allegations were followed by protests in Alexandria and the Egyptian capital of Cairo where authorities responded with force. Al Jazeera's Rawya Rageh reports on how police brutality has once again put the country's emergency law under attack. Related articles by Zemanta Egypt cafe owner describes police beating death (seattletimes.nwsource.com) Family says Egypt police brutally killed their son (seattletimes.nwsource.com) Egyptians beaten while protesting police brutality (ctv.ca)

A new confrontation has emerged between the state and the clergy in Egypt . The country does not recognise a civil marriage , where a person's marital status depends on the laws of their religion. But the high court has ruled that Coptic Christians can re-marry following divorce, something their church forbids. The decision has sparked outrage in the Coptic community, as Al Jazeera 's Rawya Rageh reports