For KFC, delivery accounts for a third of sales in Egypt and nearly half in Kuwait.

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"In the last half-hour I received an instruction from the Kuwait Government, that we are contacting the alliance to make everything possible to transfer the case to Kuwait as soon as possible, " Dr Ahmed al-Shatti told BBC television.

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Kuwait gave the home side some scares in the first half and goalkeeper Jung Sung-Ryong had to be at his best.

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