Middle East News | Egyptians protest for 2nd day after soccer loss

Arab League chief calls for calm in Egypt-Algeria row

Protesters hurled stones and firebombs at police near the Algerian embassy in Cairo on Friday, wounding 11 officers and 24 policemen as anger mounted over attacks on Egyptians after the countries' World Cup qualifier.

The interior ministry that 15 cars were also damaged in the violence.

Arab League chief Amr Moussa called for calm in the row between Algeria and Egypt.

"I call for a return to calm and reason on the Arab street. The affair must be restored to its true proportions, after all the Egyptians like the Algerians are Arabs," Moussa, in Dubai for a forum organized by the World Economic Conference, told AFP.