Bawumia`s selection triggers NDC and CPP defections

A member of the Nana Akufo-Addo campaign team says the selection of Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia as the party’s running mate has led to series of defections from the opposition NDC

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10-day water shortage in Accra

The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) on Tuesday explained that the 10-day water interruption in some parts of Accra has been necessitated by the need to work on a project to boost water supply in the capital.

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UN Boss: Liberia still needs help to protect unsteady peace

The struggle with the rule of law and competition over natural resources threatens Liberia’s fragile stability despite its economy showing significant improvement, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said in a report to the Security Council today.

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Komla Dumor elevated

Komla Dumor, a Ghanaian broadcaster currently working with the African Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), has been transferred to the World Service of the corporation.

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Bob Okala weeps like a baby

Bishop Bob Okala, one of Ghana’s most popular comedians, yesterday wept like a baby in the Kyebi Magistrate Court to portray his innocence in a case in which he has been accused of defiling a 9-year-old girl at Apedwa in the Eastern Region.

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Bush kicks off Asia trip with visit to S. Korea

President Bush kicked off his Asian trip Tuesday, arriving in South Korea’s capital in advance of talks with the nation’s conservative, pro-American president, Lee Myung-bak.

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SPECIAL REPORT

Egypt parties after Pharaohs win

Hundreds of thousands of Egyptian football fans have taken to the streets after Egypt’s victory in the Africa Cup of Nations football tournament.

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TECHNOLOGY

Government asked to apply technologies on sheanut tree

Mr Iddris Wiredu, a service provider in the sheanut industry, on Monday called on the government to reactivate propagation technologies that were developed about 30 years ago to reduce the gestation period of the shea tree.

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OPINION

Plastic sachet blues: Pricing the `right to litter`

By the end of a typical business day in Accra, Ghana’s capital, tons of waste is generated, mostly from the plastic sachets that held drinking water at the beginning of the day.

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YOUTH CORNER

International Youth Day celebrated in Ghana

A Ghanaian development and human rights NGO,the Centre for Human Development & Social Change,(CHDSCGhana) in association with a number of governmental and non-governmental organisations has successfully coordinated events across the country to commemorate the 2008 International Youth Day in Ghana.

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TRAVEL

Ghana elephants show U.N. deforestation headache

Rising elephant numbers in a protected forest park in Ghana are angering farmers whose crops are being raided in an unwanted side-effect of a plan to slow deforestation.

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Business

Stock: Accra bourse index rises

The GSE-All Share Index, the benchmark measure of performance of the Accra bourse, went up by 22.2 points to close at 10,785.40 points from 10,763.20 points.

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POLITICS

Education system is a crisis - Nduom

Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom, flag-bearer of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) on Monday said that despite the various interventions by the previous and present government, Ghana’s educational system still remained a crisis.

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SPORTS

Richard Kingson rescues Ghana from defeat

Goalkeeper Richard Kingson handed new Ghana coach Milovan Rajevac something to ponder about after scoring for Ghana in the 1-1 friendly drawn game with Tanzania.

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ENTERTAINMENT

Sean Connery recalls ‘first big break’

Movie star, Bond icon, philanthropist, proud Scot, political activist - now Sean Connery can also call himself an author. Connery, who shot to international fame as Ian Fleming’s fictional spy James Bond, unveiled his new autobiography, Being a Scot, in his hometown of Edinburgh yesterday - his 78th birthday.

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SOCIETY & LIFESTYLE

Mawuse Is Miss Ghana 2008

Mawuse Appea, a student of the University of Ghana, Legon last Friday beat 22 other beautiful ladies to annex this year’s Miss Ghana crown.

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