World News to Ghanaians

Yar' Adua still Nigerian Leader -Acting President Jonathan

Sunday, 07 March 2010 14:05 Ghana Reporter

Abuja, March 8, GNA- Nigerian Acting President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan at the weekend re-affirmed the position of ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua, saying: "He is still the President of this country."

Last Updated ( Sunday, 07 March 2010 14:44 )

New HIV/AIDS Plan Would Test, Treat Everyone in High-Risk Regions

Monday, 22 February 2010 16:54 Ghana Reporter

With an estimated 35 million people infected with HIV worldwide, public health officials have begun to look beyond developing a vaccine to the stop the epidemic.

Last Updated ( Monday, 22 February 2010 16:59 )

Iraq's 'Chemical Ali' gets 4th death sentence

Sunday, 17 January 2010 08:38 Ghana Reporter

BAGHDAD – Saddam Hussein's notorious cousin "Chemical Ali" was convicted Sunday of crimes against humanity and received his fourth death sentence, this ti...

Haitians desperate for supplies; rescues continue

Sunday, 17 January 2010 08:34 Ghana Reporter

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Rescuers pulled a dehydrated but otherwise uninjured woman from the ruins of a luxury hotel in the Haitian capital early Sunday, an event gr...

Last Updated ( Sunday, 17 January 2010 08:38 )

Hacked sites could harm users

Wednesday, 06 January 2010 23:34 CNN

(CNN) -- For Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, it was a global virtual black eye.

Instead of seeing his photo on the new European Union site, launched t...

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 06 January 2010 23:55 )

Passengers’ Quick Action Halted Attack

Sunday, 27 December 2009 12:05 NY TImes

Despite the billions spent since 2001 on intelligence and counterterrorism programs, sophisticated airport scanners and elaborate watch lists, it was something simpler th...

Last Updated ( Sunday, 27 December 2009 12:23 )

Detained Americans in Pakistan facing deportation

Friday, 11 December 2009 08:57 AP

ISLAMABAD – Five young American Muslims detained in Pakistan over alleged terrorist links are most likely to be deported, a local police chief said Friday.

Oprah to visit Ghana

Thursday, 10 December 2009 21:59 Ghana Reporter

Oprah Winfrey the queen of talk show during an interview with CNN Anderson Cooper has stated that she will visit Ghana. Oprah has built a school on South Africa for women...

Coordinated blasts hit Baghdad; kill at least 103

Tuesday, 08 December 2009 09:00 AP

BAGHDAD – A series of coordinated attacks struck Baghdad Tuesday, including three car bombs that blew up near government sites. At least 103 were killed and 197 wounded i...

Gates: 'Severe consequences' for Afghan failure

Wednesday, 02 December 2009 13:26 AP

WASHINGTON – Failure in Afghanistan would mean a Taliban takeover of the country and "have severe consequences for the United States and the world," Defense Secretary Rob...

Dubai mega-tower `last hurrah' to age of excess

Wednesday, 02 December 2009 13:22 AP

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – When work began in 2004 to build the world's tallest tower, Dubai's confidence also was sky high with a host of mega-projects on the drawing...

Iran sentences 5 to death in post-selection turmoil

Tuesday, 17 November 2009 22:41 Ghana Reporter

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran has sentenced five defendants to death in a mass trial of opposition figures accused of fomenting the unrest that followed the disputed June president...

Somali pirates get $3.3M ransom, free 36 hostages

Tuesday, 17 November 2009 22:23 AP

MOGADISHU, Somalia – As a Spanish warship looked on, a $3.3 million ransom was delivered by boat Tuesday and Somali pirates freed a Spanish trawler and its 36 crew member...

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 17 November 2009 22:40 )

Silent DC sniper mastermind Muhammad executed

Wednesday, 11 November 2009 14:04 Ghana Reporter

JARRATT, Va. – Sniper John Allen Muhammad refused to utter any last words as he was executed, taking to the grave answers about why and how he plotted the killings of 10 ...

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 11 November 2009 17:09 )

Man convicted of Egyptian woman's court killing

Wednesday, 11 November 2009 13:56 AP

DRESDEN, Germany – A Russian-born German man was found guilty Wednesday of murder and sentenced to life in prison for fatally stabbing a pregnant Egyptian woman in court,...

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 11 November 2009 14:04 )

Fraud Office Investigating Vodafone Ghana Investment

Tuesday, 03 November 2009 18:00 CN

The UK's Serious Fraud Office has been in contact with Vodafone over its increasingly controversial investment in Ghana. It has been reported by local media that the SFO ...

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 03 November 2009 21:11 )

Clinton calls Israeli concessions "unprecedented"

Saturday, 31 October 2009 18:55 AP

JERUSALEM – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday that Israel is making "unprecedented" concessions on West Bank settlement construction — a positi...

UN nuclear inspectors head to Iran to visit site

Saturday, 24 October 2009 20:58 Ghana Reporter

VIENNA – A team of U.N. inspectors went to Iran on Saturday to visit a recently revealed nuclear site, amid new efforts to curb Iran's nuclear program.

Last Updated ( Saturday, 24 October 2009 21:06 )

Billionaire among 6 nabbed in inside trading case

Friday, 16 October 2009 20:02 AP

NEW YORK (AP) -- One of America's wealthiest men was among six hedge fund managers and corporate executives arrested Friday in a hedge fund insider trading case that auth...

Last Updated ( Friday, 16 October 2009 20:08 )

Taliban say they're no threat to other countries

Wednesday, 07 October 2009 20:02 AP

KABUL – Afghanistan's insurgent Taliban marked the eighth anniversary of the U.S. invasion Wednesday saying they have no "agenda" to harm other countries but would contin...

First swine flu vaccine on the way, still limited

Friday, 02 October 2009 03:11 AP

WASHINGTON – The long-awaited first vaccinations against swine flu — the squirt-in-the-nose kind — begin early next week in parts of the country, and states are urging pe...