Portland, Oregon (CNN) -- Two F-15 fighter jets escorted a passenger jet that had been headed for Hawaii back to Portland International Airport in Oregon after a passenger in coach became "uncooperative," an airline official said Wednesday…
The alleged US plane bomber met radical Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen, after being recruited in London, a senior Yemeni official has said.
Last week US security official John Brennan said there were "indications" of direct contac…
The UK government wants advice on how to spend the cash being raised for next generation broadband in rural areas.
The cash will be generated by imposing a 50p duty on all fixed line phones.
It has begun a consultation exercise that will…
Allies of Nigeria's ailing president forged his signature on the country's supplementary budget last month, opposition politicians have alleged.
They have written to the police asking them to investigate the forgery claims.
The governmen…
Miss Agartha Osei, Nkoranza District Girls Education Officer, has cautioned school girls to be wary of men who offered them gifts and money to lure them into sex.
He advised the girls against alcoholism, which could lead them into en…
The Upper East Region Directorate of the Ghana Health Service has posted 157 new Community Health Nurses to districts in the region.
They are to undergo two days' orientation to introduce them to the service's ethics and other professiona…
Mr. Kwadwo Adjei-Dwomoh, Nkoranza North District Chief Executive, has commended teachers for their invaluable role and contribution to the production of quality human resource and manpower needed for national development.
Addressing more …
A survey conducted by the National Sickle Cell Control Programme, shows that more than 16,000 Ghanaian children born within the last three years have the sickle cell disease.
Dr Andrew Adjei Druye, National Focal Person, described the fig…
Prof Stephen Osei, a lecturer at the Faculty of Agriculture, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has called for the adoption of effective agricultural policies to enhance food production.
This, he said, was the sur…
Dr Alex Dodoo, a 45-year -old Ghanaian Pharmacist, has been elected as President of the International Society of Pharmacovigilance (ISoP) for a three-year term.
Dr Dodoo, who is the President of the Global Drug Safety Organisation and the…
Sunday marks the sixth year of two rovers exploring terrain on Mars, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) said on Saturday.
Designed at JPL, Spirit landed on the Red Planet on Jan. 3, 2004 and its twin, Opportunity, arrived three w…
The Member of Parliament for Koforidua, Ms Beatrice B. Boateng, has appealed to workers to give off their best to enable their establishments to expand to create more jobs for others.
She said this at a workers' award night organized…
President John Atta Mills on Tuesday commended Ghanaian teachers for calling off a strike action embarked upon last month to press for quick Government response to their demands for allowances, and announced adequate remuneration packages …
Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, Director of the Cardiothoracic Centre at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, has called for a review and improvement in the country's education system to accelerate socio-economic development.
In an interv…
Mr Imoro Adams, Director of Mum's Love Rural Orphanage Foundation at Duayaw Nkwanta in Brong Ahafo, on Tuesday expressed his appreciation to organisations and individuals who supported the inmates during the yuletide.
He said donatio…
Mr. Edward Michael Ennin, Member of Parliament(MP) for Obuasi, has called for the judicious use of mineral royalties by District Assemblies to help address developmental challenges of communities affected by mining operations.
He ask…
Sahulu Issah, a 27-year old farmer who murdered the wife at Dodowa, a cottage near Nyinahin in the Atwima-Mponua District and fled, has been nabbed by the police.
He was arrested at Mowa, a farming community in neighbouring Cote d'…
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) and the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) on Monday feted over 500 orphans and street children from a number of orphanages in Accra city.
The orphanages included Kingdom Paradise, Street Acade…
The European Parliament delegation for relations with Iran on Monday voiced surprise at the last- minute cancellation by Iranian authorities of its scheduled visit to Tehran later this week, saying that "political developments in Iran" wou…
An educationist has urged the youth to disengage from practices that were adulterating indigenous culture and makes it less unique.
Mr. Basing Halituo Sasco, who is a Cultural Officer at the Upper West Regional office of the Ghana E…
The President of the Christian Mothers Association of the Saint Maurice Catholic Church at La in Accra, Mrs. Grace Nai-Korney, has observed that the school feeding programme has displaced mothers who sell in the school and this has woefull…
An eight-member Techiman Municipal Disaster Management Committee has been inaugurated with a call on members to liaise with key stakeholders in order to respond effectively to disasters and emergencies.
The Committee, under the chair…
The Akim Oda Magistrate Court on Monday bonded Mary Kumiwaa, a trader to be of a good behaviour when dealing with tenants.
She has also been ordered to compensate the complainant with GH¢150 for allegedly forcibly throwing away his p…
The Lushann/Saltpond Offshore Producing Company Limited, on Tuesday granted a GH¢15,200 scholarship to 19 needy students in the Mfantsiman Municipality.
The students, who are from Abandze, Ankaful, Nankesedo, and Saltpond and attends …
A project to educate communities along major highways on the dangers associated with stealing petroleum products from accident tankers has been launched.
Dubbed "Total Caravan for Safety," the project aims at using effective communica…
Major (retired) Courage Emmanuel Kobla Quashigah,
former Minister of Agriculture and Health, is dead, a family spokesperson told the GNA Tuesday.
He died in Israel, where he had been undergoing medical treatment.
Mr Kobla Asam…
Early morning mist or fog is expected over the sheltered parts of the coastal belt of the country on Tuesday morning, according to the weather forecast issued in Accra by the Ghana Meteorological Agency.
The forecast said the afterno…
Research on the impact of Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) kits for testing malaria parasites in the Dangme West District in the Greater Accra Region would begin soon.
The two-year research is expected to promote the rational on prescribi…
Right Reverend Dr Yaw Frimpong-Manso, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG), has called on churches to collaborate with government to end the frequent ethnic clashes in the Northern parts of the countr…
The Western Regional Secretariat of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) would soon begin education programmes in the first quarter of the year to sensitize workers on the government's white paper on the single spine pay policy for public secto…
Mr Daniel Amartey Mensah, Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of the Ledzokuku-Krowor Municipal Assembly (LEKMA), on Tuesday said the Assembly had provided building materials worth GH¢10,000
Ghana Cedis to the 48 Engineer Regiment at Teshie,…
Pastor Kofi Arhin, Nkoranza Area Head Pastor of the Deeper Life Bible Church, has appealed to the government to initiate policies and programmes that would bring improvement in the lives of Ghanaians.
He called for unity among Ghana…
Superintendent of Police D.O. Lomotey, the Nkoranza District Police Commander, has commended six communities in the district for constructing police stations to enhance security.
Speaking to the Ghana News Agency at Nkoranza, the pol…
Mrs. Justice Theodora Georgina Wood, Chief Justice, on Monday condemned ethnicity in Ghanaian politics, saying that the phenomenon could create dangerous repercussions for Ghanaian society.
She said what was required was the collecti…
Dr. Esther Oduraa Ofei-Aboagye, Director of Institute of Local Government Studies (ILGS) has called for national commitment in strengthening the capacity of local government structures to
make them more efficient, effective and accountab…
South Korean electronics maker, Samsung Electronics Co., said Tuesday in a press release that it will showcase a full line of new products with light-emitting- diode (LED) backlight system
at the upcoming 2010 Consumer Electronics Show (…
Two thousand people have been screened under a special free medical outreach programme organised by the Champion Divine Clinic in Accra.
The people were screened for Malaria, eye and ear problems, Hepatitis B and other liver diseases amon…
Dr Alex Dodoo, re-elected President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana (PSGH), on Tuesday expressed the need for every pharmacy to have a pharmacist at post to dispense healing.
"I want to see every pharmacy that is opened having a ph…
The Bureau of Meteorology revealed figures on Tuesday showing Australia had experienced its hottest decade since records began in 1910.
The Bureau's annual report found the average temperature over the past 10 years was 0.48 degrees …
The New Zealand and Australian governments were joining forces to try to undermine Japan's whaling program in Antarctica.
For the first time, the governments will jointly fund a scientific voyage from Feb. 1 to conduct non-lethal res…
Heavy rains have caused the death of more than 70 people in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro within a week, authorities said on Monday.
In Angra dos Reis, a popular tourist attraction on the southern coast of Rio de Janeiro with…
Cold wave has claimed at least 18 lives in southern Nepal's Terai region over the past few days, with 12 people having died in the last two days alone.
According to Monday's eKantipur.com report, most of the victims were the elderly …
Four runaway two-level carriages that separated from a intercity train crashed into hotel at the Helsinki Railway station early Monday. A train conductor who had been in the carriage at the
time of the incident got light injuries to his …
Australian scientists revealed on Monday they were shocked to discover that more than 40 percent of the Great Barrier Reef's inshore areas are dominated by seaweed.
The weed invasion was found during a study in which they swam over 5…
An earthquake in the southern mountainous region of Tajikistan on Saturday has destroyed at least 1,050
houses, but no human deaths were reported, said local officials.
Preliminary damage is estimate at about 1.5 million U.S. dolla…
Adolescents who go to bed earlier are significantly less likely to suffer from depression and to think about committing suicide, a new study shows.
The result suggests that earlier bedtimes could have a protective effect by lengthen…
Smoking continues to increase one's risk for age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of blindness in Americans over 65, according to a new study.
The finding was based on analysis of 1,958 women who underwent retin…
South Korea's LG Electronics announced Tuesday its new line of TVs with video calling and conference calling capabilities developed in conjunction with Skype, the leading web-based phone calling service provider.
The electronics bran…
U.S. scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) said on Sunday they had removed the lens cap from NASA's Wide-Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), the first basic step to see the first images from WISE.
"The cover floated away as …
A Chinese exploration team on Monday set up a seismic observatory near its camp in Grove Mountains, east Antarctica.
It is the first time that China has built such an observatory in Grove Mountains, one of rare areas in the Antarctic…