LAGOS Wholesale John Wall Jersey , Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Nigeria's Super Falcons interim coach Christopher Danjuma has invited 35 players to camp in preparation for the women's soccer event of the 11th All Africa Games in Congo, Brazzaville.
The Games will take place from Sept. 4 to Sept. 19 in Brazzaville.
The players are expected to report at the Serob Legacy Hotel, Abuja on Aug. 10 with their international passports and training kits.
The Super Falcons will play host Congo-Brazzaville, Tanzania and Cote d'Ivoire in Group A at the Games. The Group B would feature Cameroon, South Africa, Ghana and Egypt.
The Falcons qualified for the Games after a 9-1 aggregate against Mali at the end of the qualifying rounds.
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CHANGSHA， Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- Archeologists have confirmed that inscriptions found on cliffs in central China's Hunan Province are in the language of the Miao ethnic minority， which today is purely spoken， one of China's many minority languages.
Comprehensive research on more than 200 cliff carving sites found since 2010 along two river valleys in Chengbu Miao Ethnic County in west Hunan has concluded that the characters and symbols inscribed on the cliffs are words and even stories that may be records of the life， agriculture and religious beliefs of the Miao.
The written language is known of only through Miao folk songs and folklore. The characters are similar to Chinese seal characters but are mingled with other symbols， possibly pictograms. Archeologists said the characters were carved on the cliffs during Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1912) dynasties.
The provincial bureau of cultural relics has proposed setting up a Miao Language research institute specializing in deciphering and protecting the language.
The Miao are among China's 55 ethnic minorities， highly regarded for elaborately embroidered silk garments and complex multi-tier silver headdresses and necklaces normally worn by women， especially during weddings.
Tourism in Miao regions in mountainous Hunan and southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Regions has exploded in recent years. Tourists are drawn by the scenery and culture from their wooden dwellings and distinctive food to traditional clothes and handicrafts.
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CAIRO, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- As one of the largest cities in the world, Cairo is known as being densely populated with unbearable traffic congestion that requires out of the box solutions.
Bicycle, an affordable and environmentally friendly means of transportation, could work as an efficient measure to develop the urban transport system in the capital.
Egypt has signed in July a protocol with the UN Human Settlement Program introducing for the first time a bike-sharing system to connect cyclists through bike lanes, all over Cairo.
"It is really a great idea that will save money and time," said Moustafa el-Naggar, a 24-year-old sales representative in a medical center in the capital's well-to-do district of Maadi.
It would save hours of his day if the government builds some bike-sharing stops near the major metro stations, el-Naggar said.
"After stepping out of the underground, I can tour Maadi district by bike and finish my work, then come back to take the metro again to downtown Cairo," he said.
Cairo is home to 20 million people, two million cars and 23,600 miles of roads. Terrible traffic jams give rise to the constant social contacts through open windows: trading insults, cigarettes and small talks.
"It would be an amazing idea to accomplish my work easily and freely without the regular pressure of traditional transportation," the young man said.
The project, known as "Bicicletta," will channel 30 million Egyptian pounds (1.7 million U.S. dollars) for the next three years to the bike-sharing project in Cairo.
The first phase of the project, funded by Zurich-based nonprofit Droses Foundation, will focus on constructing bike-sharing stations in downtown Cairo, according to the Governor of Cairo Atef Abdel Hamid.
He explained that the bike-sharing project is a service that makes bicycles available to individuals to borrow from point A and return it to point B.
It is the first project of its kind in the Middle East, the governor added.
"A total of 300 bikes will be provided at multiple stations, with a proper selection of the locations to allow easy access to the underground and the bus stations," Abdel Hamid added.
"I hope the rental prices for the bikes would be kept low so the young people can easily pay for it," said Mahdy Orabi, a 21-year old student at Helwan University.
He said he used to ride his own bike, which he bought with 2,500 Egyptian pounds (141 dollars), to commute between his house in Maadi and his university in Helwan province.
However, the problem for Orabi and most of the cyclists is the roads' poor maintenance and safety which could cause lots of accidents.
"Cycling is not all about easing traffic, it shapes our bodies, a very healthy mean for accomplishing our daily tasks, and keeps the environment clean after the air pollution reached critical levels in the capital," Orabi added.
A report by the World Health Organization in 2012 showed more than 43,000 Egyptians died from diseases in connection with air pollution like acute respiratory infections and lung cancer.
The report added that Cairo has the second highest rate of air pollution among the major cities in the world, noting that automobile emissions in the capital are considered the primary sources of local air pollution.
The university student said that "the culture of cycling is growing in Egypt in particular among the young people who want to avoid the unbearable traffic jam."
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