LUSAKA Salomon Comet Premium 3D GTX Mens , Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Zambian Vice-President Guy Scott has appealed to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to give the southern African nation a chance to host the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, the Times of Zambia reported on Tuesday.
Zambia, he said, was well poised to host Africa' s soccer showpiece as it had good infrastructure both for football and accompanying facilities like hotels and airports.
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He further said the government was in full support of the country' s soccer governing body, the Football Association of Zambia, in its bid to host the event.
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ASTANA, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- Russia, Turkey and Iran which held the latest round of peace talks on Syria on Thursday and Friday have agreed to each contribute 500 military police to be deployed in the de-escalation zone in Syria's Idlibe province.
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NEW DELHI, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- The local government in the western Indian state of Goa has decided to ban drinking of alcohol in public places from next month.
Goa is one of the very few states in India where liquor consumption in public places is allowed as it is very popular with foreign tourists for its beautiful beaches.
State Chief Manohar Parrikar said Sunday the decision to put a ban on alcohol consumption in public places has been taken to curb the nuisance created by people in inebriated condition.
"If someone wants to drink (liquor), they should drink inside and not in public places," he said in state capital Panajai.
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