2015-07-23 Ghana Health

BusinessDay   

Ghana appeals for help to combat bird flu   
Ghana Business News
Poultry2. Ghana has appealed to the international community for support to combat the bird flu outbreak. Dr Hannah Bissiw, Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture in-charge of livestock, said Ghana needs adequate resources and logistics to halt the ...
New requirements for NC farmers after bird flu outbreak   WNCT
Bird flu has little effect on poultry exhibits at fairs   KRCG
Ghana Takes Tough Measures To Contain West African Bird Flu   AFKInsider
HSToday   
Wisconsin Ag Connection   
Pulse.com.gh   
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Gov't urged to address inequalities in health sector   
GhanaWeb
The Universal Access to Healthcare Campaign (UAHC), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has called on government, to as a matter of urgency, address the inequalities in the country's health sector. The Campaign is urging the Human Resource ...

2015-07-23 Ghana Sports

Ghana Business News   

Management of Asante Kotoko hold emergency meeting over 3-0 defeat   
Ghana Business News
Kotoko. The Management of Asante Kotoko has held an emergency meeting in Kumasi, following the team's humiliating First Capital Plus Premier League Match Day-22 defeat to visiting Berekum Chelsea at the Baba Yara Stadium. The Porcupine Warriors ...

2015-07-23 Ghana Entertainment

Graphic Online   

Stonebwoy: Let's look beyond GH   
Graphic Online
Multiple-award winning dancehall artiste, Stonebwoy, has asked his colleague Ghanaian artistes to look at getting recognition beyond the shores of Ghana in order to boost their profiles. Stonebwoy told Showbiz in an interview on Monday that from his ...

2015-07-23 Ghana Sci/Tech

The Register   

PEAK PLUTO: Stunning mountain ridge snapped by New Horizons craft   
The Register
Photos Photographs of alien mountain ranges, weird splotches and more are still coming in from the New Horizons space probe as it hurtles beyond the orbit of Pluto: the craft is slowly beaming back oodles of data gathered during its flyby of the dwarf ...

2015-07-23 Ghana Business

Dumsor halts proceedings in Ghana Parliament   
Ghana Business News
Parliament1. Proceedings in Parliament was brought to an abrupt suspension on Wednesday morning when the lights went off suddenly at 1135 hours. The members of parliament (MPs) who were bewildered, switched on the lighting system on their cecullar ...

2015-07-23 Ghana World

Fox News   

Greece approves fresh reforms, clearing way for new bailout talks   
Fox News
July 23, 2015: Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras speaks during an emergency parliament session in Athens. Greek lawmakers approved further reforms demanded by international creditors in return for a third multi-billion-euro bailout.
Greece crisis: MPs pass crucial bailout reforms   BBC News
UPDATE 4-Greek PM keeps lid on party rebellion to pass bailout vote   Reuters
Greece Parliament approves harsh reforms with huge majority; bailout talks to ...   Firstpost
Financial Times   
Wall Street Journal   
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New York Times   

A Find in Britain: Quran Fragments Perhaps as Old as Islam   
New York Times
LONDON — The ancient manuscript, written on sheep or goat skin, sat for nearly a century at a university library, with scholars unaware of its significance. That is, until Alba Fedeli, a researcher at the University of Birmingham studying for her ...
World's oldest Koran discovered in Birmingham   Irish Independent
One of world's oldest Qu'ran manuscripts found in UK   CTV News
World's oldest Koran found in University of Birmingham library   Daily Mail
NBCNews.com   
Times LIVE   
Brisbane Times   
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DAWN.com   

Resurgence of Boko Haram deepens Niger's humanitarian crisis   
DAWN.com
DIFFA (Niger): A wave of attacks by Islamist insurgents Boko Haram in northeast Nigeria and the islands of Lake Chad has forced tens of thousands across the border to Niger's arid southeastern region of Diffa, worsening a dire humanitarian situation.
Nigeria, US set to review extradition treaty, says Presidency   The Guardian Nigeria (satire) (press release) (blog)
Cameroon suicide bombings kill 11   CNN International
Buhari rejects gay marriage, maintains Nigeria's position   BusinessDay
Wall Street Journal   
Leadership Newspapers   
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Toronto Star   

Obama praises Afghan efforts to reconcile with Taliban   
Washington Post
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has expressed support for Afghanistan's efforts to reconcile with the Taliban. Obama spoke by video conference on Wednesday with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. The White House says Obama praised Ghani for ...

2015-07-23 Ghana Africa

BBC News   

Nigeria's Boko Haram crisis: Many dead in Gombe bombing   
BBC News
Reports from Nigeria say at least two bombs have ripped through two bus stations in the northern city of Gombe. At least 29 people have been killed in the blasts, a Red Cross official told the Reuters news agency. Earlier in the day, suicide bombers ...
Blasts kill at least 29 in Nigerian city of Gombe   Reuters
More Than 40 Feared Dead After Bomb Blasts in Gombe, NE Nigeria   NDTV
At least two bombs hit Nigerian city of Gombe - witnesses | Reuters   Firstpost
The Guardian Nigeria (satire) (press release) (blog)   
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Zambia Daily Mail   

GBM is UPND veep, clings to PF seat   
Zambia Daily Mail
THE United Party for National Development (UPND) has appointed Patriotic Front (PF) Kasama Central member of Parliament (MP) Geoffrey Mwamba as its vice-president for administration. But PF secretary general Davies Chama said Mr Mwamba lacks ...

2015-07-23 Ghana Ghana

GhanaWeb   

'Chalk' headmistress still at post – GES   
GhanaWeb
The Service later announced that it will carry out an investigation into the matter to ascertain the factors which informed the headmistress' decision to ask for chalk from the Second Lady who had visited her school to donate 5 computers and about 500 ...
'Chalk' headmitress still at post – GES   Citifmonline
No machinations: 'Chalk' headmistress won't be transferred - GES   Pulse.com.gh

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Citifmonline   

Two arrested for possession of 800 live cartridges   
Citifmonline
A driver and his mate have been arrested for allegedly attempting to transport eight hundred live cartridges to Techiman. The two, Kojo Billy aged 47 and Abraham Yorke, 23 were arrested at Dorbo, near Nsawam on Tuesday evening. IMG_20150722_114931.
800 live ammunition seized in OA bus   Starr 103.5 FM
On Accra-Techiman highway: 800 ammunition intercepted   Pulse.com.gh
800 Boxes of ammo seized; Owner arrested in Techiman   Graphic Online

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Graphic Online   

CPP goes to congress Sept 19   
Graphic Online
The Convention Peoples Party (CPP) has fixed September 18 and 19 for its national delegates congress to elect national officers to steer the affairs of the party for the next four years. Information gathered by the Ghana News Agency (GNA) indicates ...
CPP to hold congress next month to elect national executives   Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
Ahead of 2016 elections: CPP goes to congress on September 19   Pulse.com.gh
CPP goes to congress on Sept. 19   GhanaWeb

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Ghana Broadcasting Corporation   

Pragmatic Leadership Is A Must To Control Public Expenditure - Minority   
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
The Minority Caucus in Parliament says the supplementary estimate of GH¢865 million being sought by government will further worsen the woes of the country. It says what the country needs is pragmatic leadership to control public expenditure. Speaking ...
Fresh taxes to be levied on petroleum products   GhanaWeb
Increment alert: Fresh taxes to be levied on petroleum products   Pulse.com.gh

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Ghana Broadcasting Corporation   

Court grants two police constables bail   
GhanaWeb
A Circuit Court at Fiapre in the Sunyani West District of Brong-Ahafo Region on Tuesday granted bail to two police constables arrested while escorting 390 bags of stolen cocoa fertilizers from Sankore to Kumasi. The fertilizer has a total market value ...
2 Cops arrested for escorting truck with fertilisers   Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
Case adjourned: Court grants two police constables bail   Pulse.com.gh
2 cops arrested for illegally escorting truck with fertiliser   Starr 103.5 FM
Vibe Ghana   
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Citifmonline   

Farmer jailed for defiling daughter   
Citifmonline
A Cape Coast Circuit court has sentenced Isaac Okyere, a farmer at Alumako Mando in the Central Region, to seven years imprisonment in hard labour for defiling his 13 year-old daughter. According to prosecuting Police Chief Inspector Christina Sampong, ...