Media Briefing on Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign

Khartoum — Ichantoum Oncology Specialized Center has revealed that treatment of breast cancer may reach 97 percent if diagnosed early or if public awareness is promoted.
The center organised a media briefing today, Saturday, on an intensified awareness and early diagnosis of breast cancer campaign at Saha Hotel, Khartoum. Participants include journalists, social activists and community media. Dr. Hussein Awadel-Kareem, oncologist and director of the centre, stressed the indispensable and effective role of the media in serving the community and [...]

Studies on Natural Sweeteners from Some Sudanese Plants

Researcher name:
Yasir Muddathir El-Sayed Ahmad

Source:
University of Khartoum

Faculty of Science

Dept. of Botany

Fifteen inbred lines of Sorghum bicolor (sweet sorghum) cane were evaluated for their sugar content at different developmental stages. Cucumis pustulatus, C. prophetarum, Abrus precatorius and Salvadora persica were screened for low calorie natural sweeteners, and the chemical characters for the isolated sweeteners were recorded. Sorghum bicolor stem juice showed a large increase in the carbohydrates concentrations at the flowering stage compared with the booting stage. The carbohydrates were identified [...]

Did Da Vinci Paint Earlier Version of Mona Lisa?

GENEVA— A Zurich-based foundation says it will prove to the world Thursday that Leonardo Da Vinci painted an earlier version of the Mona Lisa — a claim doubted by at least one expert on the multifaceted Renaissance artist.
The Mona Lisa Foundation, which has been working with the anonymous owners of the “Isleworth Mona Lisa,” says that after 35 years of research, experts believe it predates the famed 16th-century masterpiece by some 11 or 12 years based on regression tests, [...]

Tourism areas in North Sudan

Dongola
Once an important centre of power in ancientNubia , the remains of the old northern-Sudanese city are being excavated by a Polish-led team — a project that has been in operation since 1964.

The town is now noteworthy for its palm groves and its September date harvest, when young boys climb the palm trunks, carrying sharp knives in their teeth, to cut the clusters of dates. The fruit and vegetable souq here is a colourful sight, occasionally dealing in [...]

Gyan doubles up in Al-Ain win

Gms: Fifa.com, (PA) 30 September 2012

Asamoah Gyan‘s early brace helped Al-Ain secure their first win of the new UAE League season with a 4-1 away triumph over Ajman in their second game.

Founeke Sy halved the deficit in the 18th minute after Gyan’s double, but further goals either side of half-time from Mosallem Faiz and Mohammed Abdurrahman clinched a comfortable victory for the visitors.

Dubai SC also picked up three points on the road – to go top of the fledgling standings [...]

Nigeria suspends Hajj flights over women deportation

Gms: BBC News, 30 Sept.

Nigeria has suspended all Hajj flights to Saudi Arabia after the authorities there deported more than 170 women who had arrived without a male escort.

About 1,000 Nigerian women intending to make the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca have been detained since Sunday.

A Nigerian government delegation is going to Saudi Arabia to complain.

There has been an understanding in the past that Nigerian women are exempt from travelling with a male relative – a requirement for women on the [...]

Qatar welcomes Sudan, South Sudan agreement

Gms: Doha, Sept 30 (SUNA)

Qatar has welcomed Thursday the agreement signed by Sudan and South Sudan in the Ethiopian capital .Addis Ababa, on the security arrangements and the situation of the citizens in the two countries and the economic file including restarts of oil exports.
This came when an official source at the Foreign Ministry told Qatar News Agency.
The official source has expressed hope that the agreement would contribute in reaching a resolution in all pending issues between the [...]

Karti participates in joint meeting of member states of AU Peace and Security Council

Gms: New York, Sept 30 (SUNA)

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ali Ahmed Karti, has continued his meetings with his counterparts at the United Nations headquarters in New York on the sidelines of the 67th session of the UN General Assembly.
The Foreign Minister has participated in the joint meeting of the foreign ministers of the member states of the African Union Peace and Security Council and Arab Security Council which discussing situation in Sudan, Mali and Somalia.
In a statement before [...]

European Union congratulates Sudan and South Sudan for signing agreement

Gms; Brussels, Sept 30 (SUNA)

The European Union has congratulated Thursday Sudan and South Sudan for reaching agreements after intensive negotiations in the Ethiopian capital to allow the government of South Sudan to export its oil.
In a statement issued in Brussels, Thursday, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs, Catherine Ashton said ” I congratulate Sudan and South Sudan for signing agreement in Addis Ababa, noting that this agreement represents a historic step for both countries and [...]

Conclusion of session of media on peacekeeping operations

Gms: Khartoum, Sept 28(SUNA)

The Eastern African Mechanism for speedy intervention (civil component) has organized in collaboration with the international relations department in the Ministry of Defense a celebration on the occasion of the conclusion of the session of the awareness of mass media on peacekeeping- operations at the premises of Higher Military Academy of Sudan.
Director-General of the Higher Military Academy of Sudan, major -general Eng. Hassan Salih Omer has honored the celebration representing the Minister of Defense, Gen. Abdel-Rahim [...]