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Football linked to high cardiac risks
Football supporters get far too stressed! Particularly when their favourite
team is playing a close match… At times like this their risk of suffering a
stroke...
IMANI Center for Policy and Education Receives $100,000 Grant
The Atlas Economic Research Foundation announced that IMANI Center for Policy and Education (Accra, Ghana) is the only African think tank among its first...
Rising foreign reserves in dollars to be changed to euros or pounds
Nigerian foreign reserves, buoyed by rising price of crude oil, have jumped from US$58.3 billion to US$59.985 billion, according to the Central Bank of...
Cameroon: 6th international cycling tour set for March 28
Cameroon's sixth International Cycling Tour will kick off on 28 March in the Moukong district in the country's far-northern province, the Cameroonian Cycling Association...
Sarkozy: France to cut nuclear arsenal
President Nicolas Sarkozy announced a modest cut Friday in France's nuclear arsenal, to fewer than 300 warheads, and urged China and the United States...
Bin Laden’s new threat to Europe
US Intelligence groups monitoring extremists websites reported Wednesday that Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is expected to release a new message. The message which...
Deadline for Austrain hostages extended
A deadline set for Sunday midnight by al-Quaeda militants who abducted two Austrian tourists has been extended, to give more time for their demands...
Strict screening for journalists and observers begins
The Zimbabwean government is screening foreign journalists before letting them into the country before this month's elections, amid suspicion that some may be spying...
Austrian chancellor and Libyan leader discuss the two abducted Austrians
The Austrian chancellor, Alfred Gusenhauer, Friday held talks with the Libyan leader Mouammar Kadhafi, who is the current chairman of the Sahel-Saharan States Community...
International Telemedicine forum opens in Libya
The fourth international Euro-Mediterranean conference on computer science and telemedicine opened here on Thursday. The three-day meeting is being attended by doctors and specialists...
Al Qaeda demands exchange for Austrian hostages
A three-day ultimatum which begun at midnight on Thursday was posted on an islamist web site from the Maghreb al Qaeda. Al Qaeda is...
Sweden to give Zimbabwe US$ 7.2 m for humanitarian aid
Sweden announced Thursday it would give Zimbabwe US$ 7.2 million for humanitarian assistance this year in response to an appeal by the United Nations....
Morocco hosts Africa shooting tourney
The African clay pigeon shooting championship kicked off on Wednesday in the northern Moroccan city of Tangiers, with the participation of over 150 shooters...
Dutch row over Geert Wilders’ anti-islam film
The Netherlands are again in the controversial limelight with islam. The populist member of parliament (MP) Geert Wilders is getting ready to show FITNA,...
Mauritanian party calls for boycott of Danish products
Mauritania's El Vadhila majority party has called on Mauritanians and Muslims around the world to boycott Danish products, in protest against the cartoon of...
Islamic Organisation sets up watchdog against blasphemy
The secretary general of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), Ekmeledinn Isahnoglu, Tuesday announced the setting up of a rights watchdog to "curb...
Obama – Clinton : What Ferraro and Power have in common
Earlier “prophesies” that the democratic campaign was going to be a fierce verbal battle did not lie. In an effort to bring an end...
Missing Austrian tourists in Mali ?
Despite the close follow up of the missing Austrian story by the Algerian arabophone daily, Annahar and its ensuing announcement that the “kidnappers of...
Tunesia: 2 Austrian tourists abducted by Al Quaeda
Al-Qaeda's North Africa branch on Monday has claimed responsibility for the abduction of two Austrian tourists who went missing in Tunisia last month. In...
FIFA to declare racially abused teams match winners
FIFA president Sepp Blatter, Sunday, expressed his intention to intensify his fight against racism in football, by deducting points from clubs whose supporters have...
Prozac considered as a Placebo?
A British study has recently sown the seeds of controversy surrounding the effectiveness of antidepressants belonging to the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor group (or...
Katoucha’s body found?
Katoucha Niane’s body may have been found at last. Her mysterious disappearence almost a month ago raised lots of suspicions. Among them, a theory...
Croatian President ends Libya visit
Croatian President Stjepan Mesic has hailed talks with Libyan Leader Muammar Kadhafi, as he rounded off his three-day visit to Libya Wednesday. "We had...
Mozambique undecided about recognising Kosovo
The Mozambican government has not yet taken a position on whether to recognise Kosovo, the former Serbian province that declared its independence 10 days...
European Parliament condemns violence in Eastern DRC
The European Parliament has adopted a resolution strongly condemning the massacres and crimes against humanity perpetrated for several years in North-Kivu, in the north-eastern...
Norway to assist Ghana on management of oil
The governments of Ghana and Norway Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on technical cooperation to assist Ghana with the tr a nsfer...
Obama: The Emperor’s New Clothes
Is the democratic campaign getting down and dirty? The reason behind the circulation of Obama dressed in Somali traditional clothes does not escape anyone's...
Tony Blair calls on Kadhafi
Libyan revolutionary leader, Mouammar Kadhafi, on Monday r eceived in Sirte, Central Libya, the former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, c urrently visiting the...
Libya signs gas agreement with Polish company
The Libyan National Oil Company (NOC) and the Polish Oil and Gas Company signed an agreement on Monday in Tripoli on gas exploration and...
Health Hazards: Roll-ups far more harmful than packet cigarettes
It’s hardly breaking news that smoking is bad for your health. But did you
know that rolling tobacco is even more toxic than normal manufactured
cigarettes?...