Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi has agreed to mediate between Algeria and Egypt in an increasingly heated row over football, state media say.
Libyan news agency Jana reported that the Arab League had asked Col Gaddafi to intercede between the two nations.
Each side accused the other's fans of violent attacks after last week's vital World Cup play-off, which Algeria won.
Meanwhile, about 150 Egyptian and Algerian academics and intellectuals issued an appeal to defuse the row.
Algeria qualified for the World Cup by beating Egypt 1-0 in the play-off held in Sudan on 18 November.
But Egyptians were incensed by reports that 21 of their fans had been attacked as they left the stadium in Khartoum.
At an earlier game between the two sides in Cairo, Algerian players were hurt by stone-throwing Egyptian fans and 32 supporters from both sides were injured in clashes when the match finished. - BBC
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