A total of 512 international troops were killed in Afghanistan in 2009, local media reported Saturday.
Among those killed, 448 were in military operations and 64 in other incidents, the English newspaper Outlook Afghanistan quoted Je…
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) has ended the "Kimia 2" operation in North Kivu and South Kivu provinces and launched "Amani leo" (a Kiswahili word for "peace today"), according to the military.
The Kimia 2 command of the…
At least 18 members of Colombia's biggest rebel army FARC were killed on Friday during a bombing of their camp, Colombian Ministry of Defense said.
The joint Colombian Air Forces and Army on Friday bombed a camp of the Revolutionary …
The armed wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) claimed responsibility on Friday of firing two rockets from the Gaza Strip at southern Israel on Thursday night.
Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, the PFLP armed wing…
The Sissala Union has appealed to the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development and the Electoral Commission to consider creating a separate district out of the Wa East District for the Sissala people.
The Union said during…
Vote of confidence to ministerial nominees began in the Wolesi Jirga or Lower House of the Afghan parliament on Saturday.
In the process, the legislators, through secret voting, would approve or reject 24 minister
-designates introd…
Cote d'Ivoire's President Laurent Gbagbo reaffirms
that "2010 will be the year of elections" in his country, promising that "everything is ready" for the holding of the presidential vote which has been postponed several times since 2005.
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Political leaders around the world have rung in the New Year with messages reviewing a tough year that just ended and expressing hope for 2010.
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet hailed the country's achievements in 2009 and express…
Iran's opposition leader and defeated presidential
candidate Mirhossein Mousavi on Friday urged the government to end its crackdown on opposition protests and release political prisoners.
The Iranian government "should take responsi…
The Iraqi government said Friday it regretted the
decision by a U.S. judge to dismiss the charges against five Blackwater security guards who
allegedly killed innocent Iraqi civilians in 2007.
"The Iraqi government regrets and is d…
China on Friday assumed the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council for the month of January.
China will perform its duty as the rotating Council president in an objective and fair way
and work with other Council members to m…
Somalia's hardline Islamist rebel group of Al
Shabaab on Friday vowed it will send fighters to fight along side radical insurgent groups in
Yemen across the Gulf of Aden north of war torn Somalia.
The group, which controls much of …
A senior Palestinian official said Friday that Egypt is exerting efforts to hold a summit meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Cairo.
Ahmed Majdalani, member of the Pal…
Iran has said it is ready to offer humanitarian
assistance to Zimbabwe in times of need and develop to the highest level cordial relations
between the two nations.
Iran's deputy ambassador to Zimbabwe Javad Dehghan was quoted by …
Diplomatic efforts had been accelerated toward the end of 2009 to resume the installed Israeli- Palestinian peace process, but peace would never be achieved in the Middle East without resolving the core conflict over Palestinian issue.
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Israeli F16 warplanes and tanks had carried out late on Friday night five successive air and ground strikes on targets in eastern and southern Gaza Strip, wounding five people, medics and witnesses said.
The witnesses said that Israe…
The British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called
an international conference in London to discuss how to help Yemen to tackle extremism.
The United States and European Union had expressed their support for the 28 January meeting,…
A Singapore-flagged chemical tanker was hijacked in
the Gulf of Aden on Friday, the European Union naval force (EU Navfor) said.
The 20,000 deadweight-ton M/V Pramoni was seized when it was heading to Kandla in India, the Northwood-…
A massive pro-regime turnout in Tehran condemned on Wednesday what the participants called "Western plots" against their country, state-run IRNA news agency reported.
Thousands of Iranians broke into streets across the country protes…
Mr. Asiedu Nketia, incumbent General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has stated that he would facilitate the setting up of
NDC Heroes Fund to take good care of people who have suffered for the party.
Mr. Aseidu N…
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday condemned a massive bombing attack at a volleyball game in northwest Pakistan that killed over 90 people, vowing to continue supporting Pakistan in its fight against violent extremism.
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Mr. Asiedu Nketia, National Democratic Congress (NDC) General Secretary, has pledged to facilitate the establishment of NDC heroes' fund to take care of people who have suffered
for the party's sake, if he retains his position.
He …
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday urged the European Union (EU) to show " sincerity" over Turkey's bid to join the 27-nation bloc.
Turkey has been resolute in the membership bid despite "unfair treatment often …
Togolese President Faure Gnassingbe on Wednesday signed a decree to set the election date on Feb. 28, 2010.
The decision was arrived at after discussions and adoption by the cabinet which was chaired by the Togolese head of state.
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A high-ranking South Korean government official said Thursday that additional talks between the United States and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea are possible before the six-party talks resume, local media reported.
"I can'…
Spain is aimed to bring Europe out of the economic
crisis during its EU presidency, Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said in his New Year message on Friday.
Zapatero said his country welcomes its EU rotating presidency wi…
Michael Bloomberg was sworn in as mayor of the New York City for the third term on Friday.
"I recognize, I understand, that this term is a special opportunity, one that comes with
extraordinary responsibilities," Bloomberg said in h…
Mr Kobina Ade-Coker, a former Sports Administrator was on Wednesday elected Greater Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to steer its affairs for the next four years.
Mr Ade-Coker polled 101 votes to beat the t…
The Afigya-Kwabre District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr Kwaku Oppong-Kyekyeku Kaakyire, has pledged the assembly's resolve to ensure that Area Councils in the district become more functional.
This would help the assembly to significantl…
Mr. Emmanuel Adugbire Atenga, Bolgatanga Central Constituency Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has urged the youth wing of the party to intensify their campaign for the total
victory of NPP in Election 2012.
Mr. Atenga no…
Ankobra FM, a private radio station based at Axim in the Nzema-East Municipality, has held its 3rd annual children's party at Akoto in the Ellembelle district as part of its corporate social responsibility.
Over 500 children between …
The Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG), a pressure group, said on Wednesday that its focus next year would be on institutional strengthening, consumer right advocacy, especially poor services in the telecommunication industry.
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The Asante Akim South District Assembly is to embark on a vigorous revenue mobilisation drive in 2010 to improve on its Internally Generated Funds (IGF).
This is to help address the Assembly's perennial inability to meet its revenue …
The Brong Ahafo Regional branch of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) at a special delegates congress in Sunyani on Tuesday elected a 45-year-old Lawyer, Mr. Kwaku Asomah-Kyeremeh, as Regional Chairman.
Mr. Asomah-Kyeremeh obtained 216 vo…
The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Thursday described 2009 as "a tasking year" but said the party lived up to its commitment to deepen democratic governance in the country.
In a New Year Message signed by Mr Peter Mac Manu, …
The Oforikrom constituency of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has held its Annual General Meeting in Kumasi to take stock of its past activities and brainstorm on the way forward.
Mr Evans Ablordeppey, the Constituency Organiz…
The Akwatia Constituency branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the Chief Justice to investigate the arrest and mal-treatment of eight of its members last year after the gen…
Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketsia, General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), officially launched his campaign on Monday with a call on members to educate the public about the values and ideals of the NDC.
He said the time …
Mr Daniel Augustus Lartey, leader of the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP), is dead, a family spokesman said on Tuesday.
Mr Dan Lartey, popularly called "Mr Domestication", who was presidential candidate of the GCPP in 2000 and…
Dr Kojo Appiah-Kubi, Member of Parliament for Atwima-Kwanwoma, has advised members and the leadership of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to remain focused and work hard to strengthen the internal structures of the Party.
He said they s…
Mr Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, Minority Leader and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Suame, has urged members of his Party to be united and organize towards election 2012.
He said the task of unseating the ruling Nat…
Dr Asamoa-Tutu, aspiring National Chairman of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Wednesday proposed a special party development tariff to be paid by the Executive and parliamentarians to strengthen the party machinery for E…
The European Union said on Monday that it is dismayed at the announcement of the Israeli government to build nearly 700 apartments in occupied East Jerusalem.
"Settlements on occupied land are illegal under international law," the cu…
The political crisis in Honduras "expanded" the impact of the global recession on Honduras' economy, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) said Monday.
The Santiago-based ECLAC said that apart from the u…
Egypt criticized on Monday French activists protesting in front of their country's embassy in Cairo, who asked to enter the Gaza Strip via the Rafah crossing to participate in the march of solidarity with Gaza people.
Those activists…
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero on Monday set out his country's priorities as next European Union presidency after talks in Nicosia with Cyprus President Demetris Christofias.
Zapatero said that during his meeting…
Having been stranded in Jordan for four days, Viva Palestinian humanitarian convoy left the Jordanian port city of Aqaba on Monday and went back to Syria, from where it will head to Egypt.
The convoy was planning to enter the Egyptia…
The UN Security Council Wednesday extended the mandate of the UN peacekeeping force in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) until May 31, 2010, and called on the force, known as MONUC, to "ensure the effective protection of civi…
Numerous reports in local and world media these
days suggested that Israel and Hamas are talking about some of specific details of a prisoner swap deal this week.
The main hurdles currently lying on the road to an agreement reported…
The Greater Accra Regional Youth Organiser of the
ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Thomas Ashong was retained at a Regional conference of the party in Accra, on Sunday.
Ms Vivian Ankrah also retained her position as Re…