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New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson abandoned his nomination to become commerce secretary under pressure of a grand jury investigation into a state contract awarded to his political donors — an investigation that threatened to embarrass…

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has praised the presidential election in Ghana as a democratic achievement and an example to others. He congratulated the people and government for the orderly outcome of the vote which saw a…

A Ghanaian deportee staying at the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA) is close to having his dream of returning home come true. An Australian company and three Filipinos, all readers of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, have…

Experts from the Ghanaian Statistical institute said that the information exchange and experience sharing activities among African countries should further be strengthened to move the continent forward. The experts who were in Ethiopia for…

A former Supreme Court Judge, Justice Yaw Kpegah, has filed a writ at a High Court in Accra to prevent Nana Akufo-Addo presidential candidate of the NPP from holding himself out as leader of the NPP. According to him, Nana Akufo-Addo did…

U.S. health experts say laws that bar smoking in public places appear to dramatically cut the number of heart attacks according to a recent study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Researchers studying a smoking…

Ghana can be quite an interesting country. It pioneered independence in 1958 then followed that closely with pioneering coups by overthrowing its independence leader Kwame Nkuruma and now to becoming the first country on the continent where…

U.S. President-elect Barack Obama is calling on Congress to move quickly on his economic stimulus plan. But some Republicans want more time to study the details. The incoming president says lawmakers should pass his American Recovery and…

President-elect Prof. John Evans Atta Mills has named a 12-member transitional team, just a day after he was declared winner of the December 28 run-off voting. The team headed by a former secretary in the Peoples National Defence Council…

National Democratic Congress (NDC) tee-shirts have become “hot cake” in the Volta Region, moments after Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, the Electoral Commissioner, declared Professor John Evans Atta Mills, Presidential Candidate of the party, winner…