Against the backdrop of its hesitation to recognise Kosovo as an independent country, India Monday reserved its view on the International Court of Justice's endorsement of the 2008 unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo from Serb…
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak stressed Tuesday that Japan should translate its words into action, responding to a statement by his Japanese counterpart offering an apology
for Tokyo's past colonial rule of Korea and reasserting eff…
Japan's renewed apology to South Korea over its colonial rule is a modest step forward in efforts to redress the long-running bad blood between the neighbors and offers a good chance for them to move ultimately beyond the sad past, analyst…
he American-led United Nations Command (UNC) and North Korea ended their fourth round of talks Tuesday over the sinking of a South Korean warship but made no progress in arranging general-level talks, an official at the UNC said.
Colo…
Pakistan Monday rejected India's statement accusing it of stoking violence in Jammu and
Kashmir, saying that the contention was "too simplistic and delusive".
Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit made the
remarks while responding to…
The Cabinet on Tuesday approved a final plan in relocating some government offices out of Seoul to a new city in the central part of the country, a project that was delayed for months by political controversy.
A total of nine ministrie…
South Korea's defense minister made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan to boost morale for the country's troops stationed there, ministry officials said Tuesday.
Making his first trip to Afghanistan, Defense Minister Kim Tae-young me…
South Korea's military protested Tuesday North Korea's firing of artillery shells near their western sea border, calling it a "grave provocative act" in violation of their armistice.
In a message sent to the North's military early Tues…
South Korea positively assessed Japan's
apology over the 1910-45 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula Tuesday, saying it takes the move as Tokyo's intention to overcome their unfortunate past and expressing hopes for better ties based on…
The Atiwa District Chief Executive, Mr Emmanuel Attah-Twum, has been elected as the parliamentary candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the forth coming by-election at Atiwa.
Mr Attah-Twum was elected by …
Members of Patriotic Youth Front (PYF) on Monday congratulated Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on election as the New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential candidate for Election 2012.
A statement issued in Accra and signed Chief Obosu Moh…
Mr Harona Esseku, a Former National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, has appealed to Ghanaians to vote for the party in the 2012 general elections, irrespective of their political affiliations.
The NPP, he said, is development-or…
Mr Harona Esseku, a Former National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, has appealed to Ghanaians to vote for the party in the 2012 general elections, irrespective of their political
affiliations.
The NPP, he said, is development-o…
Defence Minister Lieutenant General Joseph Henry Smith on Monday, urged African states to collaborate their efforts, to enable them to effectively counter threats to peace, security and stability on the continent and globally.
He not…
A total of 109 out of 13,187 registered voters in 11 polling centres in the Ho Municipality have by the second day of the exhibition of the voters' register checked their names in the register.
The exercise, which began on…
The emphatic victory by Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is a clear indication that the internal democratic structures of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) are firm and solid, Nana Ato Arthur, former Central Regional Minister, has said.
Nan…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Monday said the long parliamentary debate on the STX Housing project was a demonstration of Ghana's democratic credentials.
"Ghana is maturing on daily basis in the area of democracy and no wonder o…
Mr Kennedy Agyapong, the Member of Parliament for Assin North, has presented a large quantity of relief items to the flood victims of Agona Swedru, Agona Nyakrom and Agona East.
At a ceremony, at Swedru, in the Central Region, a truc…
A founding member of New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr
Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe, on Monday said the victory recorded by Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo last weekend was a win for the masses.
"Nana Akufo-Addo's victory is for the party and all t…
The Atiwa District Chief Executive, Mr Emmanuel
Attah-Twum, has been elected as parliamentary candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the forth coming by-election at Atiwa.
Mr Attah-Twum was elected by pop…
The West Akyem Municipal Assembly on Tuesday unanimously resolved that an ex-gratia award
of GHC 500 be paid to each member who had served for four years.
Those who served half of that period would be given GHC 250.00.
The…
Mr Kofi Asomaning, Ashanti Regional Director of the Electoral Commission (EC), has said it does not fall within the remit of the Commission to enforce laws on electoral offences.
People aggrieved by acts of election malpractices sh…
Major Derek Yaw Oduro (rtd) and Mr Kwame Amporfo-Twumasi, Members of Parliament for Nkoranza North and South respectively, have congratulated Nana
Addo Danquah Akufo Addo on his election as NPP's flagbearer for the 2012 general election.…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday called for a partnership between the governments of Ghana and Iran to tap the rich experience of Iran in oil exploration and production.
"Considering your immense experience in both on and …
The West Akyem Municipal Assembly on Tuesday unanimously resolved that an ex-gratia award of GHC 500 be paid to each member who had served for four years.
Those who served half of that period would be given GHC 250.00.
The d…
Twelve delegates from the Paga/Chiana constituency in the Upper East Region, were seriously injured in an accident, when the vehicle on which they were travelling, with 18 others to Paga to vote, got involved in an accident on the Katui-Ch…
The historic presidential primaries of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in all 10 constituencies in Kumasi had been incident-free, peaceful and orderly.
At the Centre of National Culture where 530 delegates in the Bantama Constituency g…
The Council for Afrika International, a UK-based think-thank, has condemned what it described as the brutal removal by force of vulnerable women and children by French police in Northern Paris.
The organisation also urged the African…
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, flag bearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Election 2008 on Saturday won a decisive victory to lead the party in 2010.
During the party's historic Special National Delegates Elections supervised by th…
Results so far trickling in from some constituencies in the Northern Region, indicates that, Nana Dankwa Akufo Addo is in the lead over the other contestants, in the race for the flag bearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), for the 2012 g…
The main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) on
Saturday set the political character for Election 2012, through a historic election of its Flag bearer with an emphatic, peaceful and well-coordinated Special National Delegates Election.
…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Friday called on African military leaders to use the experience they gained at military colleges to educate their people against provoking conflicts in the continent.
"We want to see Africa as one …
These are provisional results from Ho Central, Ho-.Ho-West, Ho-East and Hohoe North Constituencies:Ho-Central Constituency Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng-4 Mr Isaac Osei- 6
Rev. John Kwame Konduah-0
Mr John Alan Kojo Kyeremanten-186
…
The ruling Awami League-led government in Bangladesh Sunday strongly defended the whopping USD 1 billion loan deal with India, dismissing the opposition BNP's charges as a "disgusting attempt to spread falsehood."
Foreign Minister Dip…
Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro on Saturday urged U.S. President Barack Obama not to order an attack on Iran.
Castro made the remarks at a special session of the Cuban parliament discussing the "main threats to mankind."
"Leaders of the…
Voting by delegates in the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) historic flagbearer election in Asante-Mampong, begun peacefully and orderly.
About 494 delegates drawn from 92 polling stations join other voters nationwide to elect a Presi…
The much publicised Special National Delegates
Election of the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) to elect a flag bearer out of five contenders, took-off on Saturday without the usual
euphoria, which characterised its last congres…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer primaries on Saturday took off in 22 polling stations in the Western Region at 0800 hours without any incident.
Mr Steve Opoku-Mensah, Regional Director of the Electoral Commission, who told t…
A total of 440 of the 597 eligible voters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Komenda-Edina Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) constituency cast their votes as at 1100 hours on Saturday to elect its flagbearer for the 2010 Presidential Election.
…
All founding fathers of the New Patriotic Party
NPP), in the Ho Central Constituency have been disfranchised in the elections to pick a presidential candidate for the Party.
This is because their names were not validated to vote in…
Voting to elect the flag bearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Hohoe North Constituency is proceeding smoothly after an hour delay.
Mr Kwabena Karikari, Hohoe Municipal Electoral Officer said the delay was due to the late ar…
Counting of the ballot in the novelty presidential primaries of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) is underway after voting ended at exactly 1500 hours.
The following the provisional results from some constituencies in Ashanti
…
The historic presidential primaries of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in all 10 constituencies in Kumasi had been incident-free, peaceful and orderly.
At the Centre of National Culture where 530 delegates in the Bantama Constituency g…
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Presidential
Candidate of the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Election 2008 was on Saturday declared winner of the party's historic Special National Delegates Elections by the Electoral Commission…
Mr Kenwuud Nuworsu, Volta Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, on Sunday, said the Volta NPP was ready to give the needed support to its Presidential Candidate, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to win the 2012 presidential election.
…
Kim Tae-ho has been nominated prime minister of
South Korea in a top-level shakeup, government officials announced Sunday.
Presidential spokesman Hong Sang-pyo said Kim, 47, will improve communication with "the young generation," and dri…
Mr Joseph Boarle Salifu, Asawasi Constituency Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has congratulated the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for organizing a peaceful National Delegates Congress at the weekend.
He sa…
Voting to elect a Presidential Aspirant for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for 2012, went on smoothly at all the four voting centres within the Tema Metropolis.
In the four Constituencies forming the Metropolis, namely, Tema East, Wes…
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor last Saturday
unofficially 'declared' Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo winner of the New Patriotic Party's historic elections two-hours before the official
announcement by the Electoral Commission (EC).
…
Minnesota is the home of 10,000 lakes, one of
the most expensive congressional campaigns on record and a governor eyeing the White House.
Incumbent Republican Michele Bachmann, fighting to keep her 6th Congressional District seat in Tues…
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