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Green tea may not help protect against breast cancer
It seems that the anticancer properties of green tea may be nothing more than a myth. Researchers in Japan have shown that this plant...
Japan reveals military plan in Djibouti to fight Somali pirates
The Japanese government is to build its foreign military base in Djibouti. The plan is aimed at strengthening and sustaining its fight against Somali...
Japan tames Cameroon
Asian giants Japan have shocked African big guns Cameroon in the second game in Group E. The Indomitable Lions seem to be in control...
Ivory Coast: Chelsea’s Didier Drogba out of 2010 World Cup
The Ivory Coast will travel to South Africa without their captain. Didier Drogba, Chelsea striker, was injured in a friendly match between the Elephants...
South Africa-Japan: Japan calls for vuvuzela ban
According to the BBC, the President of the Japan Football Association, Motoaki Inukai, has demanded that the noisy vuvuzela trumpet be banned from the...
WiMax: Revolutionizing mobile phones and internet access in Africa
“Africa Com”, the largest communications event in Africa, was held this November in Cape Town. Among the many conferences and technical demonstrations, one in...
U.S. dollars and a world of proxy cocaine users!
It simply beats my imagination as to how every single U.S. citizen has already handled cocaine or risks handling it in the very near...
Japan and China in Botswana follow French example in Niger?
One hundred and eleven Chinese enterprises now own exploration licenses to dig up Botswana for Uranium and other raw materials. China, which is competing...
G20 finance ministers aim for an action-oriented summit
A boost in international emergency funds and agreement on financial-markets oversight likely will be among the concrete results of the April 2 meeting of...
Somalia: Japanese ship escapes pirate attack
A ship carrying used Japanese cars escaped an attack by the pirates off the coast of Somalia, Monday, announced the shipping company Mitsui OSK...
Japan’s unprecedented move to fight Somali pirates
Japan has ordered its navy to prepare for a mission to guard against pirates off the coast of Somalia and plans to draw up...
Japan joins the fight against piracy in the Gulf of Aden
Japan, wednesday, ordered its navy to get ready for an eventual deployment to Somalia to protect Japanese vessels and citizens from the reach of...
S A elephant tusk sale to China and Japan breed doubt
In a bid to raise money for elephant conservation projects, Namibia, Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe yesterday, put on auction over a 100 tonnes...
Japanese drivers win african international motor rally
Japanese drivers Hideaki Miyoshi and Hakaru Ichino Sunday made history when they convincingly won the Zambia International Rally and also clinched the 2008 FIA...
Japanese and Chinese companies obtain Kenyan power Deal
According the managing director of KenGen, Mr Eddy Njoroge, Sinohydro a Chinese company the construction and Nippon Koei consultants from Japan are the two...
G8 : Playing neatly into the hands of corrupt leaders …
In the runup to the Group of Eight meeting in Japan last week, activists of all stripes were working hard to ensure that their...
Bodies recovered by rescue workers after landslide
Three bodies have been retrieved by rescue workers after a landslide triggered by a heavy earthquake -- which is reported to have killed about...
Football : Cameroon Olympic Team meets Japan
The Olympic team of the Indomitable Lions of Cameroons left France Saturday night, for Japan. While in the land of the rising sun, the...
Kenya marathon champion Samuel Wanjiru to train in Japan
World half marathon champion Samuel Wanjiru of Kenya is expected to leave the country next week for Japan where he will start preparations for...
Olympic Torch arrives in Japan
The Olympic Torch continued its world tour, arriving in Japan this morning. Several pro Tibet protesters were there to meet the Chinese delegation as...
Japan and EU concerned by food prices.
Yesterday at the end of the Japan EU summit in Tokyo both parties showed their concern for the food crisis that has resulted in...
Danica Patrick becomes first woman to win IndyCar race
26 year old Danica Patrick driving for the Andretti Green Racing team finished first in the Indy Japan 300 race becoming the first female...
Koïchiro Matsura expresses regret over Quebec’s historical landmark loss
The Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, Monday expressed his deep regrets at the destruction of Quebec's ancient drill hall, a landmark adjacent to the...
AfDB and Japan to build hospitals in Africa
At least three hospitals will soon be built in Africa thanks to a funding from the African Development Bank (AfDB), the head of the...
Morocco gets 147m euros from Japan
The Japanese Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has provided Morocco with two loans totalling 147 million euros to finance road and water supply projects....
Morocco gets 147m euros from Japan
The Japanese International Co-operation Bank (JBIC) has approved two loans worth 147 million euros designed to finance road and water supply projects in the...
Stolen Japanese cars discovered in Burundi
An international search for stolen vehicles has resulted in the discovery of 15 such vehicles, nine of which were found in Burundi, the country's...
AfDB funds US$ 2.7 billion projects in Central African Forestry Commission
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group is currently funding 80 ongoing operations to the tune of US$ 2.7 billion in all sectors of activity...