Scientists have produced the first stemcells from endangered species, marking the initial steps towards ensuring the survival of endangered species and perhaps even reviving extinct ones through stem cell technology.
Commodities trader Glencore International posted a 50 percent rise in headline first-half profit and said it saw opportunities emerging from turbulence in its key markets as commodity demand remains strong.
Gadhafi is not welcome in most nations, nor in most parts of Libya, but the leader and King of Kings still has powerful friends that may be willing to accommodate Gadhafi for the rest of his life.
The FIFA Women's World Cup is underway and many of the teams have already played two of the five games in the Group Stage.
Equatorial Guinea, one of the smallest African countries but surely the fastest in women's soccer ascendancy, fought Norway today, a traditional powerhouse fallen on less stellar times in a Group D encounter.
The irony can't be missed when the scion of a tiny sub-Saharan country, which has the dubious distinction for having the highest child mortality rate in the world and abysmal public health and education systems, splurges ill-gotten money on a multi-million dollar super-luxury yacht.
Economic growth in the six-nation Central African CEMAC bloc will reach 4.8 percent in 2011, up from 4 percent last year, the grouping's regional central bank said on Thursday.
Morocco will stage the 2015 African Nations Cup and the 2017 edition will be hosted by South Africa, the Confederation of African Football said on Saturday.