Off it sits the clubby Nelson Bar, named for the famed British admiral who supposedly fought a battle near Heiligendamm.

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Mali led 2-0 through a diving header by Mahamadou Samassa and Seydou Keita's third goal of the tournament, but Ghana's Wakaso Mubarak missed the chance to net his fifth when he blazed a 58th-minute penalty over the bar in the pouring rain at Nelson Mandela Stadium in Port Elizabeth.

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At the same time, Republicans John Warner and Susan Collins and Democrat Ben Nelson will unveil their own resolution early next week, one that could possibly bar the U.S. from sectarian fighting in Baghdad.

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This far in, it's obvious what to expect: pickin'-party songs, bar-band basics enlivened by loose, easygoing solos that traverse Western swing and Stardust-era Willie Nelson.

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