Posts Tagged ‘African’

Cape Town (South Africa), Apr.7 (ANI): Experts and commentators on politics in South Africa are of the unanimous view that African National Congress (ANC) president Jacob Zuma involvement in a spying and money laundering case is not above suspicion. Tapes suggesting political meddling has failed to clear the name of Zuma, the country's likely next president, commentators said Monday. "The whole question of whether Zuma is ... Full story

Washington, Mar 30 (ANI): Scientists have found that several categories of patients with heart disease, including African-Americans and lower-income families, have a lower quality of life. Although paediatric surgeons can effectively repair complex heart defects in kids, some of the children may have great quality of life, while others with the same condition may not. The new study was conducted at seven paediatric medical centres throughout the ... Full story

Berlin - The global economic crisis was precipitated in part by "massive speculative fluctuations in international energy and commodity markets," former German environment minister Klaus Toepfer said Wednesday. Speaking at an energy forum in Berlin, Toepfer said: "We need to radically rethink the global mechanisms for our energy supply system to avoid suffocating the incipient, desperately needed economic upturn. "There is," he emphasised, "no alternative to ... Full story

Washington, Mar 19 (ANI): A new study has revealed that black girls are 50 percent more likely than white girls to suffer from the eating disorder bulimia. The findings of the study led by researchers from University of Southern California, University of Maryland and Universitat de Autonoma Barcelona, Spain, challenge the widespread perception that bulimia primarily affects the privileged. Asian-African girls, in particular, were found to be ... Full story

New York, Mar.17 (ANI): Moves by a German frozen food company to capitalize on President Obama's popularity by marketing a new fried chicken product called "Obama Fingers," has sparking outrage from African-Americans. "It's racist and inappropriate," declared Brooklyn Councilman Charles Barron. Calling for a boycott of the company's products, Barron said: "We should do all that we can to see to it that no disrespects the ... Full story

Melbourne, Mar 6 (ANI): Security has been beefed up around the Australian cricket team ahead of the second Test after the attack by terrorists on the Sri Lankan team in Pakistan, South Africa has deployed National Intervention Unit guards armed with machine guns. NIU guards, who watched the players as they trained, replaced the normal police. The ... Full story

Washington, Mar 3 (ANI): In a novel study, an international team of researchers has identified a genetic variant linked to cocaine addiction and cocaine-induced paranoia. They have discovered variant in gene called a-endomannosidase (MANEA) that contributes to cocaine dependence and related behaviours. During the study, the researchers looked at 3,992 individuals from two family-based samples of European American and African American families, and were then genotyped for ... Full story

Washington, Feb 23 (ANI): A study has revealed that Barack Obama played a big role in changing the way the whites thought about African-Americans, even before he was elected US President. The researcher carried out by Florida State University Psychology Professor E. Ashby Plant and University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Patricia Devine recorded a decrease in racial prejudice. The decline was seen during the Fall 2008 period between ... Full story

Johannesburg, Feb.23 (ANI): The key to Australia defeating South Africa will be team skipper Ricky Ponting, who averages more than 50 per innings in Tests. If the captain grabs the Proteas by the scruff of the neck and overshadows rival skipper Graeme Smith to make the series his own, not only will Australia's chances of retaining the world No.1 ranking go through the roof, but Ponting ... Full story

Johannesburg, Feb.19 (ANI): Having waited for four years to be eligible to play for South Africa, Pakistan-born leg-spinner Imran Tahir is likely to make his debut for the national side sooner than later. Lahorite Tahir is close to acquiring South African citizenship and is married to a South African woman. He's a prodigious turner of the ball, and national team coach Micky Arthur, admits that wrist spin ... Full story

Mumbai, Feb 18 (ANI): The Asia's largest convention on the business of entertainment 'FICCI frames 2009' is currently underway in Mumbai. The three-day long convention is a forum, which gives a chance for leading names from media and entertainment industry to share a common platform with government representatives. Host of Bollywood's most popular filmmakers and actors like Yash Chopra, Kareena Kapoor, Priety Zinta, Shilpa Shetty were seen ... Full story

Fifteen airline flight crew members have been arrested after cocaine was found in baggage - the second such incident in a month.The South African Airways employees were detained after 5kg of the drug - worth about £250,000 - was discovered in a bag on a flight from Johannesburg. Crew members were arrested after UK Border Agency ... Full story

Customs officials arrested the crew of a South African Airways plane at London Heathrow airport Monday after seizing 250,000 pounds worth of cocaine on a flight from Johannesburg, a spokesman said. It is the second time in four weeks that one of the airline's flight crews has been ... Full story

Washington, Jan 14 (ANI): Analysing the speech patterns of Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and other politicians, scientists have concluded that race and gender greatly influence the way politicians speak, which is not always to their advantage. The study by Camelia Suleiman from Florida International University and Daniel O'Connell from Georgetown University in the US, compared the language of male and female, and black and white ... Full story

Washington, Feb 10 (ANI): Hollywood actor Samuel L. Jackson has been roped in to narrate a documentary about famous African-Americans golfers. The new film titled Uneven Fairways will premiere on America's Golf Channel this week (11Feb09), reports Contactmusic. The documentary is based on books Uneven Lies by Pete McDaniel and Forbidden Fairways by Calvin H. Sinnette, presenting an era when "honour and fair play took a backseat ... Full story

Washington, Feb.9 (ANI): In a town where networking has been developed to a fine art, black Washington is clamoring for the Obamas. According to the Washington Post, the election of the first black president is seen by many African Americans as their chance to finally sit at the table. And they want the seat right next to the Obamas. Their invitations have been as straightforward ... Full story

Washington, Feb 09 (ANI): A new study by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has revealed that frequent and/or long-term marijuana use may significantly increase a man's risk of developing the most aggressive type of testicular cancer. The researchers found that being a marijuana smoker at the time of diagnosis was linked to a 70 percent increased risk of testicular cancer. The risk was particularly ... Full story

Washington, Feb 6 (ANI): In a new study, scientists have found that despite their great cultural, physical, and genetic diversity, pygmies of Western Central Africa diverged from a single ancestral population just about 2,800 years ago. The new study is the first to reconstruct the history of the numerous forest-dwelling pygmy populations, who make their livings as hunter-gatherers, and their immediate sedentary, agriculturalist neighbors, according ... Full story

Washington, Feb 05 (ANI): Chat show queen Oprah Winfrey has been named 'Top Earning African-American Celebrity' by Forbes magazine. Winfrey tops the list with a 260 million dollars fortune, reports Contactmusic. Golfer tiger Woods landed the second spot with 100 million dollars. Rappers Jay-Z and 50 Cent have come in just behind Winfrey and Woods. The 83 million dollars Jay-Z earned between June 2007 and June 2008 and 50's ... Full story

Washington, Feb.5 (ANI): US First Lady Michelle Obama, it seems, has a huge fan club. This was apparent when crowds gathered inside and outside the huge headquarters of the Department of Education on Wednesday. According to the Washington Post, Obama looked out over her fans and said: "Wow, There are a lot of you here." The whole lot of cubicle-dwelling bureaucrats said they all wanted to see ... Full story