Buenos Aires — Argentine wine export sales, primarily to the U.S. and North America, have grown by 37% in the first half of 2007, compared to the same period last year, according to a report by La Nacion. The sales figure, which translates to some 215 million dollars, is expected, by year’s end, to […]
Mugabe keeps everyone guessing
Zimbabwe’s crucial elections are just six months away but President Robert Mugabe is keeping everyone, including his own lieutenants, guessing. No one knows exactly when the elections will be held. But more importantly who will be contesting especially from his own party Mugabe has been endorsed as the party’s presidential candidate and only God […]
Do You Have A Fitness Battle Plan?
In fitness, as in war, you want to be on the offensive, not the defensive and this means that rather than reacting to maladies as they occur, far better to be in good general physical condition; preventive maintenance is preferable to remedial effort every time. One general rule of thumb I use is energy is […]
The little Stuarts to sense Carbon dioxide
Have you ever smelled Carbon dioxide? Can you sense the odour of Carbon dioxide? But these mice can. Specialized neurons in the nose of mice help them to smell carbon dioxide at levels just higher than that in normal air. Insects, too, can detect carbon dioxide, but they do it via membrane receptors […]
Pollution of Lake Victoria and mismanagement of its fresh water resources puts Kisumu City in a situ
Pollution of Lake Victoria and mismanagement of its fresh water resources puts Kisumu City in a situation where there is a nightmare of water crisis By Fred Obera Kenya The growing inadequacy of water supply and scarcity of fresh and clean water is among the most important serious contemporary concern for many nations of the […]
Kofi Annan -Man of Indomitable Spirit
By: Daniel Aforo Since assuming the august office of the United Nations Organization, prominent people have described him in many ways. The former US Ambassador to the UN, Richard Holbrooke one’s said “Mr. Annan is the best Secretary General in the history of the UN”.As a Nobel laureate in 2001, the […]