Did anyone here know, that the munich ethnological museum has a Chinese text from approximately 50 B.C. that mentions games very similar to soccer that were played between teams from China and Japan? No? This american page mentions that in a short history of football. Via Monolog

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Aspects of physical appearance are poor indications of a person's genetic ancestry, according to a new study by Brazilian researchers. (...) The most interesting finding, Pena noted, is that the researchers observed a significant dissociation between genomic geographical ancestry--African versus European--and social race, which was evaluated using multiple physical attributes that included skin pigmentation, color and texture of hair, eye color and shape of nose and lips. Yahoo/Reuters reports.

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After protests of mexicans, the government of the city Oaxaca in mexico did not allow the company McDonalds to build a fast food restaurant under the historic stone archways of Oaxaca's 16th century central plaza, also known as the zocalo. Gurdian Unlimited reports. So this is a case, were one culture refuses the adoption of a foreign culture.

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Indonesia got stuck in a deep crisis after the terror assault of Bali. What in the world happened with this country, asks the german newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung.

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