Topic: China boosts African research links

[sam]

Expanded programme of academic collaboration promised.

http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100323/full/464477a.html

[Clive]

The Forum on China–Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) — which includes 49 African countries — will launch clean-energy projects, agricultural initiatives and training programmes.

In other news there are 49 countries in Africa?  Yesterday we learnt that Canada has 250 cities!  I wonder what we will learn on PC-Pals tomorrow?   

[Rik]

What you had for breakfast? 

[Clive]

That's a well publicised fact Rik.  Porridge and berries.   

[Rik]

You should try porridge and beans, it has twice the effect.

[Clive]

Yuck.  Berries are the elixir of life.   

[Rik]

Some berries... Others have completely the opposite effect. ':|

[Clive]

I don't think they sell those in the supermarkets.   

[Rik]

There's always the hedgerows.

[Clive]

I only visit them at blackberry time.  And not that mobile phone thingy android app whatever you keep talking about.  If phones were meant to be mobile they'd have wheels! 

[Simon]

Pensioners do!   

[sam]

In other news there are 49 countries in Africa?  Yesterday we learnt that Canada has 250 cities!  I wonder what we will learn on PC-Pals tomorrow?