A Moroccan man has set himself alight in the northern port city of Casablanca, Morocco's financial capital, state-run MAP news agency reported on Saturday.
The agency said the man, who is being hospitalized, is the first case of self-…
Five Thais released by Cambodian government already arrived at international Suvarnabhumi Airport at 05:00 p.m. local time Saturday.
Five of them include Thai Democratic Party lawmaker Panich Vikitsreth, Samdin Lersbusya, secretary for…
Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba left Libreville on Friday afternoon for Cairo, the capital of Egypt, on a working visit, to boost bilateral cooperation, the government said.
During this visit, the Gabonese president is scheduled t…
Street violence erupted here, the capital of the southern Indian state of Karnataka, and some other cities of the state Saturday over the war of words between Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa and state Governor H.R. Bhardwaj.
The violen…
The People's Liberation Army handing over ceremony has begun in Nepal amid a special ceremony at Shaktikhor, Chitwam some 85 km from the capital on Saturday.
The ceremony is being participated by various leaders and diplomats from the …
The new round of talks on Iran's nuclear program between six world powers and Iran enters the final day in Istanbul on Saturday.
Catherine Ashton, the high representative of the European Union for foreign affairs and security policy, i…
The South Korean cargo ship freed from pirates in a commando operation in the Arabian Sea is expected to arrive in the northeastern Omani port of Muscat this week, its company said Sunday.
The 11,500-ton chemical carrier Samho Jewelry …
Russia's chief negotiator for the long-stalled talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons program will visit South Korea this week, Seoul's foreign ministry said Sunday, the latest in a flurry of diplomacy aimed at seeking ways to resume the s…
French Foreign Minister Michele Alliot-Marie on Saturday called for the resumption of the stalled Palestinian-Israeli peace talks, stressing her country's support for the Mideast peace process.
In a press conference along with her Pale…
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has nominated the Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) and the caretaker Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi as the country's foreign minister, the state IRIB TV website reported on Sunday.
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The Central African Republic started the presidential and legislative elections on Sunday.
The polling stations opened at 6 a.m. local time amid tightened security with the deployment of soldiers and police in the capital Bangui, where…
The Palestinian leadership has on Sunday rebuffed a proposal of Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman to establish a Palestinian state with temporary border.
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat told Xinhua that the Palestinia…
Two Palestinian workers were wounded on Sunday after Israeli soldiers opened fire at them near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, medical and security Palestinian sources said.
The two workers were shot by the Israeli soldiers' gun…
A large number of tribesmen Sunday marched in a main city in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region and demanded a halt to U.S. drone strikes in the area.
The demonstration in the town of Mir Ali was the second in the region in thre…
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday that Iran is hopeful about the future talks with the world powers.
He made the remarks in the Iranian northern city of Rasht when addressing a crowd.
However, he said, the talks sho…
The expectations of Women Advocacy Groups in the country, to have more women representation in the district Assembly, did not materialise in the Jomoro district, as no woman won a seat during the District Assembly Election, held in Decembe…
President John Evans Atta Mills, noting the repercussions of the Ivorian crisis on African democracies, has repeated Ghana’s position of non-interference in the internal matters of sister African countries.
He made it clear that Ghana…
Mr Tawiah Boateng, Eastern Regional Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), on Friday said the party was poised to win 14 out of the 28 parliamentary seats in the region in the 2012 General Election.
He said the party was…
Members of Parliament on Friday held a close door meeting to come out with a proposal defining the terms and conditions for an increase in their personal emoluments.
This is in line with article 71 (1a) of the 1992 Constitution whi…
The Yendi Municipal Chief Executive, Mr Issah Zakaria, has asked the people in the Yendi Municipality to desist from politicizing development projects being undertaken in the area.
He said chieftaincy and politics were making some pe…
The Regional Ministers Review Conference in Koforidua in the Eastern Region, has called for the prosecution of people who looted the stores of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) during the 2008 transitional period.
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The Office of the President on Friday said the unique watch given to Mrs Michelle Obama on the historic visit of President Barack Obama in July 2009 was from the people of Ghana and not from the First Lady, Mrs Ernestina Naadu Mills.
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Alhaji Awal Aziz, Kwabre East Constituency Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has welcomed the recent cabinet reshuffle and removal of some Municipal and District Chief Executives (DCEs) as a wake-up call to all appointees…
North Korea on Thursday proposed holding high-level military talks with South Korea to discuss "pending" military issues between the two sides, Seoul's defense ministry said.
The North sent a telegram signed by Kim Young-chun, minister…
Dubbing Pakistan as the "epicentre of terrorism," India on Thursday slammed it for its inaction against the Mumbai attacks perpetrators, saying it has not been able to punish any of those accused of masterminding the terror strikes.
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China on Thursday said that the three Chinese citizens, who were arrested in India without valid travel documents recently, were "tourists" and entered the Indian territory by "mistake".
"In recent days three Chinese tourists crossed …
Refusing to take Australia's no as an answer to India's plea for sale of uranium, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Thursday pleaded without success for a change in that position.
Krishna raised the issue of uranium sale with…
Of the 1,121,748 registered voters expected to cast their ballots in the District Level Elections in the Central Region, only 405,754 people representing 36.1 per cent voted.
This shows a decline of 2.6 per cent compared to the 38.7 …
Some members of the Tarkwa-Nsuaem National Democratic Congress (NDC) have described as unfortunate negative campaigns being organised by some party members and constituency executives for the removal of Mrs. Christina Kobinah, the Municipa…
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Asokwa, Mr
Maxwell Kofi Jumah, has reminded assembly members about the need to be accountable to people in their electoral areas.
They should make sure that they seek their views and actively in…
Mr Togigah Ake Anthony, newly elected assemblyman for the Buru Nakolo electoral area in the Kasenna Nankana West District on Wednesday said education was top on his agenda.
He indicated that he would ensure the improvement in school …
The United States donated 300 drug testing kits to Gambia in support of the West African country's fight against trafficking, the government said on Tuesday.
At the hand-over ceremony held here on Monday, Assiatant Superintendent of Po…
Senior Bangladeshi and Indian home ministry officials began the Joint Working Group talks on frontier issues on Tuesday in Dhaka.
The joint working group meeting, which is a day ahead of the start of a two-day secretary level meeting b…
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday that tens of resolutions will not stop Iran's nuclear drive, the state IRIB TV website reported.
"We drive our peaceful nuclear program ahead day by day," Ahmadinejad told a group of o…
Former Haitian President Jean Claude Duvalier's return just adds to the Caribbean state's " ongoing burden," U.S. State Department spokesman Philip Crowley said on Tuesday.
"If I look at the list of challenges that Haiti faces today, h…
U.S. State Department spokesman Philip Crowley said on Tuesday that his country is evacuating some of its citizens from Tunisia, which is undergoing a major political change.
Crowley said that State Undersecretary for Management Pat Ke…
The following is the full text of Vice President Mahama’s article published on Tuesday January 18th 2011 captioned “The Politics of Peace”.
Full Text:
The practice and promotion of peace is a powerful tool of diplomacy that has all-too-o…
The practice and promotion of peace is a powerful tool of diplomacy that has all-too-often been misunderstood, especially in Africa, Vice President of Ghana, Mr John Dramani Mahama has observed.
“This became clear to me recently when…
The Right to Information Coalition on Tuesday expressed concern about the delay in the passage of the Right to Information Bill.
It said Parliament had announced that it was going to conduct a nationwide consultation on the Bill to …
A total of 75 women, out of 198, who stood for the District Assembly Elections in the Eastern Region were elected into the various assemblies
The figure compared to the 2006 results, showed a reduction of five women, as 80 women secu…
President Evans Atta Mills has listed four persons, namely Mr Stan Dogbe, Mrs Helen Annan, Mr Mathias Akotia and Mrs Francis Duodo as members of the Presidential staff as at 31 December 2009.
This was made known to members when Mrs …
Parliament reconvened prematurely Tuesday and approved a motion to constitute an ad-hoc committee to probe the just-ended District
Level Elections organized by the Electoral Commission (EC).
The House which rose December 23, 2010 a…
The Atwima-Mponua constituency executives of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), have expressed confidence in the District Chief Executive (DCE) of the area, Madam Theresa Adomako-Tawiah.
This followed an emergency meetin…
The Africa Group of Ambassadors at the UN on Monday said the victory of Mr Alhassane Ouattara as President-elect of Cote d’Ivoire should be respected.
They contended that military option was “no option” while the evolving refugee sit…
A group of supporters of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Amansie Central district has vowed to resist the “disingenuous plot” by local party leaders to hound the District Chief Executive (DCE), out of office.
Th…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama, has appealed to officials of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to support the Executive to fulfil the dreams of President John Evans Atta Mills “Better Ghana” agenda.
“Party executives should …
A number of local institutions here have come together to promote dialogue between India and
China through scholars, economists and journalists, a media report said on Saturday.
The Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), The N…
Describing India as a "great power," the US has said it has deepened its ties with New Delhi, including through the extraordinary trip of President Barack Obama to the country in November last year.
"We fully embraced India's rise a…
Ten more Taliban militants have given up militancy and defected to government in Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province, 250 km north of capital Kabul on Saturday, said a spokesman for provincial administration.
"Nine Taliban fighters a…
A senior Indian official said Friday that Indian government may reduce by 25 percent the presence of security forces in the populated areas of India-controlled Kashmir in the next 12 months, reported the Indo-Asian News Service.
Indian…
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