LUSAKA nike air max 90 damske , July 2 (Xinhua) -- Namibia coach Ronny Kanalelo said he will not allow Zambia to run over his team during the preliminary round return leg of a 2016 African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifier match, the Times of Zambia reported on Thursday.
The Namibia trainer, whose team enjoys a 2-1 slender lead from the first leg played in Windhoek, said his team was in Zambia to finish off the game and progress to the next round of the qualifiers.
"We are not comfortable with our 2-1 lead against Zambia especially that we are in their territory. We won't sit and let them throw punches. If they punch then we shall also hit back. I hope they have a revenge mentality because we want a tough game and we shall play on their motions nike air max 90 panske predaj ," he was quoted as saying by the paper upon arrival at the Kenneth Kaunda International Airport.
He said his team was not in Zambia to give away their victory nor play a defensive game but wanted to finish what they started.
This will be the third meeting between the two teams in less than two months, with Namibia having an upper hand after winning two matches. The Brave Warriors beat Zambia 5-4 on post-match penalties during the regional Council for Southern African Football Associations (COSAFA) Cup before winning 2-1 in the first leg of the CHAN qualifiers.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- China has taken effective actions to protect wetlands and wildlife along the coastline of the country, Science magazine on Tuesday praised the determination of the Chinese central government.
China's State Oceanic Administration (SOA) announced in its statement on Jan. 17 that it will dramatically curb commercial development of coastal wetlands nike air max 90 panske , as well as nationalize already reclaimed wetlands that have not yet been built on.
"This represents a true 'sea change' in the official attitudes to the very large, and internationally shared, biodiversity values of the shorelines of China," Theunis Piersma nike air max 90 biele , an ecologist of the University of Groningen in the Netherlands told Science magazine.
Wildlife along the coastal areas also benefit from China's moves. Those wetlands particularly in the Yellow Sea are at the midpoint between East Asia and Australia, which are crucial for migratory birds between Siberia and Australia.
Ecologists also pointed that national wetlands protection laws are needed in China, and penalties for damaging these wetlands need to be strengthened.
It will be important to win over locals by demonstrating the benefits of tidal wetlands, including nature tourism and flood protection nike air max 90 damske biele , said Nicola Crockford of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds in Britain.
Early in 2015, China created a "red line" to protect 53 million hectares of wetlands, and in 2016, SOA created 16 marine parks nike air max 90 čierne , bringing the total area with various levels of protection to about 124,000 square kilometers, according to the administration.
WUHAN, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Visiting British Prime Minister Theresa May said Wednesday that Britain is eyeing closer cooperation with China in education and culture.
The prime minister made the remarks in Wuhan City nike air max 90 damske cierne , capital of central China's Hubei Province. She arrived in this central Chinese city early Wednesday to start her three-day visit to China. Wuhan is her first stop.
Jiang Chaoliang, secretary of the Hubei Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, welcomed May and the British delegation at the elite Wuhan University.
Cooperation in education between Hubei and British organizations has become prominent in China-UK cultural exchanges, said Jiang in a welcome speech. He hoped that Prime Minister May's visit to Wuhan University will open a new chapter in cultural cooperation between Hubei and Britain.
For her part nike vapormax sk , the prime minister said Britain and China had long cooperated in education and achieved results.
She hoped youth from the two countries will communicate more and cooperate further to build a better future.
Currently, 17 universities of high learning in Hubei have established 27 cooperation programs with 12 British universities.
by Bedah Mengo
NAIROBI, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Households in Kenya have to dig deeper into their pockets to buy food and other basic commodities as prices sustain upward trend for the third consecutive month.
Families in the East African nation are spending as much as twice the amount of money they used two months ago on commodities like vegetables, maize flour, sugar, milk, electricity and even rent.
Inflation in the country has hit a four-year high, standing at 9.04 percent in February from 6.99 percent in January, pushed up by fast-rising food and fuel prices, Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) latest data showed Wednesday.
The cost of a kilo of sukuma wiki (kales), considered as the poor man's vegetable as it is consumed by millions of citizens, has risen by 11 percent between January and February, from 0.48 U.S. dollars to 0.54 dollars, survey in retail outlets in the capital Nairobi showed.
According to KNBS, at 0.57 dollars a kilo, the price of the vegetable has increased by a record 47 percent from a similar period last year.
Similarly, a 2kg packet of sifted maize meal is now going at 1.2 dollars up from 1.1 dollars last month. And compared to a similar period last year, the cost has gone up by 20 percent.
For cabbages, a kilo is going at 0.74 dollars from 0.70 dollars last month and 0.48 dollars in February 2016, a surge of 56 percent.
On the other hand, a 2kg packet of sugar is currently retailing at 3 dollars up from 2.8 dollars last month and 2.5 dollars in February last year.
Houses using 50 Kwh of electricity a month are currently paying about 6 dollars up from 5.5 dollars last month and 5.2 dollars last year, according to.