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This year's World Cup in South Africa could be one of the greatest ever advertisements for the continent - or a disaster. There are many potential stumbling blocks: infrastructure, transport, security. Some of these may turn out to be unexpected triumphs: the stadiums, for instance, are nearly finished - and they look fantastic. But for fans and players alike, the biggest doubts over the soccer tournament, which begins in June, center on security. South Africa has some of the highest levels of violent crime in the world, and protecting half a million foreigners, many of whom will be men with...
...works the other way, suppressing the protein and reducing its overall control of gene activation. Without enough G9a, those overactive genes cause brain cells to generate more dendritic spines, which are the parts of cells that make connections to other cells. (See TIME's pictures of antinarcotics cops in Africa...
...small Namibian city of Swakopmund - known as Swakop to the locals - has a discernible Germanic flavor and design, dating back to Namibia's colonial days as German Southwest Africa. Today, the trappings of a beach resort are mixed in with that Old World charm. Imagine Bavaria by the sea. There's even an Oktoberfest...
...Peter's Antiques This shop on Moltke Strasse, tel: (264-64) 405 624, is wonderfully eclectic and completely different from any other in town. Tribal artifacts from across sub-Saharan Africa include masks from Kenya, spears from the Congo and many items from Namibia's ethnic population. These are mixed with relics from the earliest days of the German colonial era: old railway maps, stamps, books, glass bottles, tin boxes and more. The shop has been going more than 30 years and its dusty appearance, whiff of African leather and wood and collection of German and Africa ephemera capture Swakopmund...
...close links to the Somali militant group al-Shabab, which controls large parts of southern Somalia and has been listed as a terrorist group by the U.S. State Department. PET also says he is "suspected of having been involved in terror-related activities" during a recent stay in eastern Africa. Gelle was arrested by police in Kenya last August, prior to a Kenya visit by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and held for seven weeks on suspicions of having ties to terrorist groups. He was later released because of a lack of evidence and deported to Denmark, where...