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NDC UK/IRE Youth: Exposing Dr Bawumia's Voodoonomics, Pt 2.

GhanaWeb -
In our earlier article we highlighted the dishonest submissions of Dr Bawumia and brought to the fore the true character of the party with which he has unfortunately associated himself, with an oblivious glee.

Avoka says RTI Bill is important to Parliament

Vibe Ghana -
Mr Cletus Apul Avoka, the Majority Leader, on Wednesday denied stories in some section of the media that the Right to Information Bill currently before Parliament was not the priority of Parliament.

Kufuor, Konadu laud Duncan-Williams Foundation

GhanaWeb -
A former President of Ghana, John Agyekum Kufuor, has appealed to Ghanaians to support any well-meaning project aimed at improving the livelihood of the people.

Greeks withdraw hundreds of millions of euros from banks

BBC News -
Greeks have been withdrawing hundreds of millions of euros from banks, amid fears the country may have to withdraw from the single currency.

Alan Hansen: Kenny Dalglish will be torn apart by the way his love-affair with ...

Telegraph.co.uk -
Kenny Dalglish will be distraught at losing his position as Liverpool manager because it was the job he had dreamed of returning to for 20 years.

ANC will lose vote of born-frees, warns Vavi

Independent Online -
By Gaye Davis and Gcina Ntsaluba Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi has condemned the violence that claimed casualties among labour federation and DA demonstrators in Johannesburg on Tuesday - while DA leader Helen Zille has vowed to continue ...

Nii Lante rebukes Rawlings: Says he won't allow him to destroy NDC

Myjoyonline.com -
The Director of Operations at the presidency, Nii Lante Vanderpuije has thrown a challenge to the Rawlingses to quit the NDC for the 2012 elections and see whether the party will not win the elections.

Educational manifesto launched in Accra

Ghana Broadcasting Corporation -
In a bid to reduce the unnecessary political interference in the implementation of national education policies, civil society in a manifesto has proposed to the incoming political administration how the country's education system should be governed ...

Charles Taylor wants mercy but has no remorse

San Francisco Chronicle -
Leidschendam, Netherlands -- Convicted war criminal and former Liberian President Charles Taylor said during his sentencing hearing Wednesday that he sympathizes with victims of the civil war in Sierra Leone he helped foment, and asked judges to render ...

Salami: We 'll not interfere – PDP

Vanguard -
By Henry Umoru In a statement he signed yesterday, the PDP National Secretary, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, who denied split in the National Working Committee, NWC, of the party over the return of Salami, said he did not need the party to fight his ...

Bafyau, ex-Labour Chief, Bows Out, as Encomiums Pour in

THISDAY Live -
By Our Reporters He had survived several attacks by neo-liberals as a renowned Labour leader, but on Tuesday night, he failed to survive a heart attack, as the battle by doctors to save his life was lost.

Guinea-Bissau Names New Interim PM

Voice of America (blog) -
Officials in Guinea-Bissau say the head of the country's new interim government has named a prime minister to help lead a transition following last month's military coup.

Rendition continues, Hague is next stop: Shumba

The Zimbabwean -
The Zimbabwe Exiles Forum said this week that cases of renditions against Zimbabwean political activists continued unabated. ZEF last week threatened to refer members of South Africa's crack crime unit The Hawks to the International Criminal Court for ...

Syrian leader Assad says terrorists are behind unrest

Fox News -
BEIRUT - In his first interview since December, Syrian President Bashar Assad has insisted his regime is fighting back against foreign mercenaries who want to overthrow him, not innocent Syrians aspiring for democracy in a yearlong uprising.

Genocide trial begins for Bosnian Serb general

Detroit Free Press -
Ratko Mladic was a fugitive for 15 years. Pressure on Serbia led to his arrest in 2011. By Mike Corder Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Ratko Mladic was a shadow of the swaggering general who once "held Sarajevo in the palm of his hand" ...

South Sudan slides towards destitution amid border conflict with Sudan

The Guardian -
South Sudan is facing a humanitarian crisis with more than half its population threatened by food shortages because of its ongoing conflict with Sudan, the UN has warned.

New French government to hand itself a pay cut

NDTV -
Paris: France's new government, under Socialist President Francois Hollande, gets down to business on Thursday with the first order of business on their agenda being a pay cut for themselves.

House OKs bill; Dems dispute it

Detroit Free Press -
The 222-205 vote to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act for five years followed an emotional debate over whether the House GOP bill would better protect women from violence and sexual assault than a Senate-passed version.

VEEP clears air on involvement in Buipe chieftaincy dispute

Ghana Broadcasting Corporation -
Vice President John Dramani Mahama, has cleared the air concerning reports that he is interfering in the Buipe chieftaincy conflict.

Kwabena Duffuor scores 100%

Myjoyonline.com -
The Petroleum Transparency and Accountability (P-TRAC) Index score for 2011 gave, Dr Kwabena Duffuor, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning 100 per cent score for publication of petroleum receipts.

900MW Power Plant for Domunli

GhanaWeb -
The Volta River Authority (VRA) has secured deals in which two projects that will yield 900 megawatts of electric power to the country within the next three years are to be aggressively pursued.

Rich nations stall talks on their record of cutting emissions

Economic Times -
NEW DELHI: On the second day of the Bonn climate change negotiations, the US, the EU and other developed countries tried to stall discussions on whether the rich countries had met their obligations on reducing emissions and financing the poor countries ...

Facebook insiders add 84 million more shares worth up to $3.2 billion to IPO

Detroit Free Press -
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg isn't selling additional shares. / Photos by Paul Sakuma/Associated Press By PETER SVENSSON Associated Press Workers chat at Facebook's California offices in February.

Kim Kardashian embarrassed by her wedding

Apun Ka Choice -
By Indo-Asian News Service Socialite Kim Kardashian admits now she is not very comfortable about her televised wedding to Kris Humphries, who she dumped just 72 days later.

Dancing With The Stars: Are You Happy With The Final 3?

Cinema Blend -
It seems like every season on Dancing With The Stars a contestant who has previously wowed the judges winds up going home far earlier than expected.

Yvonne Nelson Spotted With D'banj

GhanaWeb -
Nigeria's Dapo Daniel Oyebanjo, popularly known as D'Banj, was on Sunday evening spotted on a movie set at a plush Ghanaian neighbourhood called Dzorwulu in Accra.

Hodgson fears Euros racism

SPORT24 -
Wembley - England coach Roy Hodgson raised concerns on Wednesday that fans could be racially abused at Euro 2012, while defending his decision to include John Terry in the squad despite the former captain facing trial on racism charges after the ...

Unlikely finalists eye Champions League glory

Stuff.co.nz -
FRONTING UP: Chelsea manager Roberto Di Matteo addresses the media ahead of this weekend's Champions League final against Bayern Munich.

Gulf woman offers $2m for Real Madrid team to visit her

Emirates 24/7 -
A Kuwaiti businesswoman has offered nearly two million dollars for Spain's Real Madrid football players to visit her home and have photographs taken with her family, according to the local media.

Spurs: If Modric leaves, here's what you will miss

Squarefootball -
Tottenham midfielder Luka Modric revealed his intentions to leave White Hart Lane last season and join Chelsea. Spurs chairman Daniel Levy though said the midfield maestro was going nowhere.

Professor Akosa urges Ghanaians to proactively prepare for ageing

GhanaWeb -
Professor Agyeman Badu Akosa, Executive Director of Healthy Ghana, on Wednesday called on Ghanaians to regularly seek knowledge on their health status, to help mitigate future medical complications.

90 per cent of Cervical Cancer cases cannot be treated

GhanaWeb -
About 90% of cervical cancer cases associated with women cannot be treated in the country's health facilities because of the advanced stage of the disease, Dr Peter Baffoe, a gynecologist at the Bolgatanga Regional Hospital, has said.
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