Ghana spent $1.8 mn on late president’s funeral
August 28th, 2012 - 1:16 pm ICT by IANS
Accra, Aug 28 (IANS) Ghana spent a total of 3.6 million Ghana cedis ($1.8 million) on the funeral of former president John Evans Atta Mills, who died late July and ... Read more...
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Ghanaian president finally moving into Indian-financed, rebuilt residence? (With Image)
August 27th, 2012 - 4:40 pm ICT by IANS
Accra, Aug 27 (IANS) Is the Ghanaian head of state finally planning to move into Flagstaff House, the presidential palace that has a colonial past and has been rebuilt with ... Read more...
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Clinton to attend late Ghanaian president’s funeral
August 10th, 2012 - 6:12 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 10 (IANS) US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will attend the funeral of late Ghanaian president John Evans Atta Mills who died July 24 following illness ... Read more...
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Over 100 athletes got London doping bans: WADA
July 26th, 2012 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 26 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The most stringent drug checks in Olympic history have led to the ban of 107 athletes from the London Games, the World Anti-Doping Agency ... Read more...
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Obama mourns Ghanian president’s death
July 25th, 2012 - 9:46 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 25 (IANS) US President Barack Obama has mourned the death of his Ghanian counterpart John Evans Atta Mills at the age of 68, praising his role in ... Read more...
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Ghana President John Atta Mills dead (Lead)
July 25th, 2012 - 12:26 am ICT by IANS
Accra, July 24 (IANS) Ghanian President John Evans Atta Mills died at a military hospital Tuesday after falling ill, Xinhua reported.Chief of Staff of the Presidency Henry Martey Newman said ... Read more...
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Ghana President Mills dies following short illness
July 25th, 2012 - 12:17 am ICT by BNO News
ACCRA, GHANA (BNO NEWS) -- Ghana's President John Atta Mills died Tuesday afternoon in the capital Accra following a short illness, the presidential office said, giving no other details about the cause ... Read more...
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Dope cheats must withdraw from Olympics: WADA
July 11th, 2012 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
Ottawa, July 11 (IANS) Doping athletes should withdraw from the upcoming London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, the head of the World Anti-Doping Agency(WADA) has warned.WADA president John Fahey sent ... Read more...
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Ex-Pakistani envoy gets US award
April 29th, 2012 - 9:38 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 29 (IANS) Former Pakistani ambassador to the US Hussain Haqqani has been given an award by a US non-profit group for his distinguished service for the advancement of ... Read more...
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China is New Zealand’s biggest wool market
March 23rd, 2012 - 3:57 pm ICT by IANS
Wellington, March 23 (IANS) China has become the main market for New Zealand wool, taking almost half its exports, as the European market declines and sales to Australia plunge, an ... Read more...
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Indians keen to invest in Ghana’s sugar, fertiliser industry
February 22nd, 2012 - 12:44 pm ICT by IANS
Accra (Ghana), Feb 22 (IANS) Indian investors are keen to invest as much as $36 million in Ghana's ailing sugar industry, Indian High Commissioner Rajinder Bhagat has said."Indian investors ... Read more...
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Five Indians held in Ghana
February 19th, 2012 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
Accra (Ghana), Feb 19 (IANS) Five Indians and 31 other foreigners were arrested in Ghana for flouting investment laws, the authorities said.The other foreigners arrested include 28 Chinese, two Filipinos, ... Read more...
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Indian academician to head Commonwealth of Learning
February 19th, 2012 - 6:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) Former pro-vice chancellor of Indira Gandhi National Open University(IGNOU) Asha Kanwar is to head the Commonwealth of Learning (COL), an internationally renowned educational organisation, the ... Read more...
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Ghana president backs soccer team to fight back
February 17th, 2012 - 1:17 pm ICT by IANS
Accra, Feb 17 (IANS) Ghanaian President John Evans Atta Mills has assured players and handlers of the national football team, the Black Stars, that the government would support them to ... Read more...
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Third global cybersecurity summit in Delhi next year: Sibal
November 15th, 2011 - 11:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) Communications Minister Kapil Sibal and the EastWest Institute (EWI) Tuesday announced that the third worldwide cybersecurity summit will be held in New Delhi Oct 30-31, ... Read more...
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Another row over India-funded presidential mansion in Ghana
August 22nd, 2011 - 3:43 pm ICT by IANS
Accra, Aug 22 (IANS) More than two years after the completion of the controversy-prone presidential mansion in Ghana's capital built with Indian support, another storm has engulfed the project, suggesting ... Read more...
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Michele Bachmann criticizes black farmers settlement
July 19th, 2011 - 11:27 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Omaha, Neb., July 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Michele Bachmann has criticized President Barack Obama for signing a legislation that saw African-American farmers compensated almost $1.2 billion for years of discrimination and neglect. According ... Read more...
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Ghana aims to be West Africa’s IT hub - with India’s help
May 30th, 2011 - 10:43 am ICT by IANS
Accra, May 30 (IANS) Inspired and aided by India, the Ghanaian government is taking measures to make information technology (IT) a key driver of its economy and transform the country ... Read more...
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World population to hit 9bn in 2050 - true or false?
February 21st, 2011 - 1:18 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 21 (ANI): The United Nations has predicted that the Earth's population will reach seven billion this year, and climb to nine billion by 2050, peak at 9.5 billion, stabilize temporarily, ... Read more...
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India to assist Ghana in $1.1-bn fertiliser project
January 20th, 2011 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
By Francis Kokutse
Accra, Jan 20 (IANS) India will assist Ghana in a joint venture to set up a$1.1 billion fertiliser plant in the Shama Industrial Area of the west African nation.Ghana's Minister ... Read more...
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Honeymoon murder: Hubby offered 1,300 pounds to Brit-Indian bride’s killers
December 7th, 2010 - 8:06 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec. 7 (ANI): A British Indian businessman whose wife was shot dead in a carjacking while on honeymoon in South Africa has been publicly accused of plotting her murder. According to ... Read more...
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Honda Element To Be Discontinued After 2011
December 5th, 2010 - 8:42 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Dec 5, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The compact crossover SUV Honda Element would be discontinued after the 2011 production year, automaker American Honda Motor Co. revealed earlier this week. The car company ... Read more...
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TSA Facing Backlash From Pilots And Fliers Over Full Body Scanners
November 13th, 2010 - 7:27 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Nov 13, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The public protest against the full body scanners installed at 60 airports of the USA is only growing with time. However, it is not that passengers ... Read more...
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Property rights to be given to urban poor under ‘Rajiv Awas Yojana’
October 28th, 2010 - 8:03 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct.28 (ANI): Union Minister of Tourism, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Kumari Selja said a new initiative called 'Rajiv Awas Yojana' would be introduced where property rights will be given ... Read more...
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Notre Dame Student Declan Sullivan Dies While Filming Football Practice
October 28th, 2010 - 7:10 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
South Bend, Indiana, Oct 28, (THAINDIAN NEWS) University of Notre Dame student Declan Sullivan lost his life tragically on Wednesday after the tower from which he was shooting a football ... Read more...
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Body Found Near Antinette Keller’s Site Of Disappearance
October 25th, 2010 - 1:59 am ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Dekalb, Oct 24, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The police had been frantically searching for Antinette Keller, an 18 year old Northern Illinois University student from Plainfield, who was last seen on October ... Read more...
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Celebs particularly vulnerable to bed bugs, say experts
October 13th, 2010 - 5:46 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 13 (ANI): Experts hint that celebrities may be at higher risk of being bitten by blood-sucking bed bugs.Action Pest Control president John Russell says that celebrities traveling from five-star hotel ... Read more...
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Row over Indian funding in Ghana presidential palace
October 13th, 2010 - 3:37 pm ICT by IANS
By Francis Kokutse
Accra (Ghana), Oct 13 (IANS) The Indian government's funding for the construction of a presidential palace in the Ghanaian capital has caused a row with a former Ghana president commending ... Read more...
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India should not have got Commonwealth Games: Oz Olympic body chief
September 24th, 2010 - 4:51 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney/New Delhi, Sept.24 (ANI): Australian Olympic Committee president John Coates has said that India should not have been awarded the XIXth Commonwealth Games.The showpiece event in New Delhi has been beset by ... Read more...
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India shouldn’t have got the Commonwealth Games: Australia
September 24th, 2010 - 1:20 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Sep 24 (IANS) India "shouldn't have been awarded the (Commonwealth) Games", Australian Olympic Committee president John Coates said Friday.
"In hindsight, no, they shouldn't have been awarded the Games," AAP quoted Coates ... Read more...
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Burger King’s ‘Pizza Burger’ has a whooping 2500 calories
August 23rd, 2010 - 12:48 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Aug 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) This is sure straight from the innovation labs. No we are not talking about some high-end technical stuff, it is the Burger King's "New York Pizza ... Read more...
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Burger King’s NY Pizza Burger is waistline buster at 2,520 calories
August 19th, 2010 - 5:47 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Aug 19 (ANI): Burger King is introducing a new NY Pizza Burger that features a gut-busting four broiled Whopper burgers.It's topped with pepperoni, mozzarella and marinara sauce, all stacked on ... Read more...
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Imran Khan to deliver MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture at Lord’s
July 17th, 2010 - 3:36 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 17 (ANI): Pakistan's World Cup winning captain Imran Khan will be delivering the tenth annual MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture at Lord's on July 19 (Monday).Imran said he agreed ... Read more...
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Asbury Park’s beach to be made topless?
June 24th, 2010 - 12:58 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Asbury Park, Jun 23 (THAINDIAN NEWS) There is a proposal in the air to make the Asbury Park’s beach topless. The city council is planning to nominate one section of the northern ... Read more...
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Zimbabwe to challenge Howard’s ICC nomination
May 29th, 2010 - 11:50 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, May 29 (IANS) Despite the backing of incoming International Cricket Council (ICC) president-elect Sharad Pawar, former Australian prime minister John Howard may still find it difficult to take his place the ... Read more...
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