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.
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.