Fifa warns Nigeria to reinstate sacked officials or face ban

Football's world governing body Fifa issued a warning to Nigeria on Monday to either reinstate its sacked Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) officials or face a suspension.

Yamaha PSR-443

The PSR-E443 offers many innovative features. The basic features for learning to play--like the Yamaha Portable Grand and Yamaha Education Suite (Y.E.S.) -- and features for when it's time to perform, like synthesizer Control Knobs for real-time control of filter, effects, and sound envelope. Powerful new Styles from different musical genres can be performed with 186 different patterns and 150 arpeggio Voices. The easy-to-use professional features and cool design set this keyboard apart in its class.

Chinese medicine plant secrets probed

 

Scientists have unravelled one of the secrets of a plant used in traditional Chinese medicine.

The Chinese skullcap - known as Huang-Qin - is traditionally used for fever, liver and lung problems.
Scientists have discovered that the plant uses a special pathway to make chemicals with potential cancer-fighting properties.

Blackberry to launch two Android phones

Blackberry chief executive John Chen said one of the new devices would have a physical keyboard.

Blackberry will launch two mid-range Android handsets this year, chief executive John Chen has said.
One will have a physical keyboard, the other a full touch-screen.

Blackberry has no plans to develop handsets for its own operating system, BB10, but will continue to issue updates for existing devices.

Its sales fell by almost $200m in the three months to the end of February. Mr Chen said its first Android device, the Priv, had been too expensive.

China 'seizes' eight Taiwanese from Kenya

Taiwan's president-elect Tsai Ing-wen is from the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party

Taiwan has accused China of "extrajudicial abduction" after eight Taiwanese acquitted of fraud in Kenya were deported to mainland China. They were among a group of suspects acquitted in Kenya last week.
Taiwan's foreign ministry says they were forcibly put on a China-bound plane and has demanded their release.
China has not responded in detail to the allegations, but has criticised Taiwan for not considering itself as part of "one China".
The incident comes as cross-strait relations are feared to be entering a rocky period, say the BBC's Cindy Sui in Taipei.

Sex Or Love? . What Really Attracts Older Men To Young Girls?

He could be twice her age, perhaps more --- indeed, old enough to be her father. But all that appear to be secondary issues to many older men who, for varied reasons, find comfort and romance in the bosom of the much younger generation.

Man 'Cut Off Partner's Head And Flushed It Down The Toilet'

A "betrayed" man who cut off his partner's head and flushed it down the toilet, said he felt "let down" by her.