Germany look to avoid unspeakable disaster against Ghana
June 22nd, 2010 - 11:51 pm ICT by IANS
Johannesburg, June 22 (DPA) Germany head into their final Group D game against Ghana at Soccer City Wednesday looking to avoid making unwanted history by failing to make it past the World ... Read more...
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Ivory Coast ready to show up in South Africa (Group G team profile)
June 1st, 2010 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
Abidjan, June 1 (DPA) Ivory Coast are neither Africa's top ranked football team nor do they have its strongest pedigree. However, no representative from the World Cup host continent is considered ... Read more...
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Eagles soar into the unknown (Group B team profile)
May 27th, 2010 - 5:16 pm ICT by IANS
Lagos, May 27 (DPA) With a new coach and grab bag of talented players, Nigeria are perhaps the biggest question mark from Africa ahead of the 2010 World Cup finals this ... Read more...
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Tip-offs help Malaysia nab drug traffickers from India
February 3rd, 2010 - 3:55 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Feb 3 (IANS) Tip-offs are helping Malaysian authorities nab drug traffickers from India, most of whom carry ketamine, a media report said.
Malaysia has become a melting pot for international drug ... Read more...
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Faltering African giant Nigeria could still be a force (Team Profile)
November 28th, 2009 - 4:13 pm ICT by IANS
Nairobi/Lagos, Nov 28 (DPA) If Nigeria want to make any kind of impact in South Africa, they will have to improve dramatically after a shambolic qualifying campaign.
The Super Eagles floundered in ... Read more...
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Faltering African giant Nigeria could still be a force (Team Profile)
November 28th, 2009 - 4:13 pm ICT by IANS
Nairobi/Lagos, Nov 28 (DPA) If Nigeria want to make any kind of impact in South Africa, they will have to improve dramatically after a shambolic qualifying campaign.
The Super Eagles floundered in ... Read more...
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Faltering African giant Nigeria could still be a force (Team Profile)
November 28th, 2009 - 4:13 pm ICT by IANS
Nairobi/Lagos, Nov 28 (DPA) If Nigeria want to make any kind of impact in South Africa, they will have to improve dramatically after a shambolic qualifying campaign.
The Super Eagles floundered in ... Read more...
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Super Eagles and Indomitable Lions reach South Africa
November 15th, 2009 - 2:20 am ICT by IANS
Johannesburg, Nov 15 (DPA) Nigeria's Super Eagles and Cameroon's Indomitable Lions Saturday secured their places at the World Cup finals in South Africa next year with important victories in their final group ... Read more...
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Ghana win Under-20 World Cup football
October 17th, 2009 - 4:30 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo, Oct 17 (DPA) Ten-man Ghana Friday became the first African country to win the under-20 World Cup after beating four-time champions Brazil 4-3 in a penalty shoot-out in the final here ... Read more...
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Ghana qualify, Cameroon back in contention, Nigeria in trouble
September 7th, 2009 - 4:57 am ICT by IANS
Johannesburg, Sep 7 (DPA) Ghana Sunday beat Sudan 2-0 to become the first African country to join hosts South Africa at next year's World Cup finals.
Cameroon, meanwhile, played themselves back into ... Read more...
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Rise in heroin smuggling from Pakistan to India: US report
February 28th, 2009 - 11:45 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 28 (IANS) Heroin smuggling into India from Afghanistan and Pakistan has increased over the last two years with West Africans often arrested as carriers, says a new State Department report.
"This ... Read more...
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Genetically mixed populations can help understand human diversity, origins: Expert
February 15th, 2009 - 3:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, February 15 (ANI): A Penn State physical anthropologist says that genetic diseases and genetically mixed populations can prove useful in understanding human diversity and human origins.
"We wanted to get ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |