2015-10-15 Ghana Health

GhanaWeb   

Gov't to expand National Medical Outreach Services - Veep   
GhanaWeb
Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur has stated that government intends to expand the National Medical Outreach Services to enhance healthcare delivery in the country. He said currently the government was rolling out the programme in 43 districts across ...

2015-10-15 Ghana Sports

GhanaWeb   

Otumfuo snubs Osei Kuffour   
GhanaWeb
Ex-Bayern Munich star Samuel Osei Kuffour has missed out on the Asante Kotoko job after the club's Life Patron Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II asked the Opoku Nti-led administration to continue working. The ex-Ghana defender announced in television ...

2015-10-15 Ghana Entertainment

Daily Beast   

All the People Who Tried to Save Lamar Odom   
Daily Beast
Lamar Odom's life contained an inordinate amount of tragedy, heartbreak and addiction—but through it all, a loyal cadre of coaches and fellow NBA stars stuck by him. Shop ▾. In 1998, when Lamar Odom was forced to leave the University of Nevada-Las ...

2015-10-15 Ghana Sci/Tech

Times of India   

US varsity cites two Indians' work in $862 million patent case against Apple   
Times of India
WASHINGTON: Gurindar Sohi and T N Vijaykumar are not names that will leap out of your latest iPhones as you gush over the performance of Apple's much-coveted devices. But the work of these two Indian researchers, alumni of BITS-Pilani, is central to a ...

2015-10-15 Ghana Business

GhanaWeb   

Mahama needs education on Ghana's debt – Minority   
GhanaWeb
President John Dramani's recent comments on Ghana's debt stock have angered the Minority in Parliament who believe he does not understand the country's debt issues. The president, while addressing party faithful at a forum in Cape Coast in the Central ...

2015-10-15 Ghana World

Tehran Times   

Iranian parliament ratifies outlines of JCPOA   
Tehran Times
TEHRAN - Iranian lawmakers on Sunday approved the general outlines of a motion on a nuclear deal signed between Iran and the 5+1 group of world powers on a conditional basis. The nuclear agreement is officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan ...

2015-10-15 Ghana Africa

Moneyweb.co.za   

Murray and Roberts faces scrutiny after bridge collapse   
Moneyweb.co.za
Construction company Murray & Roberts will on Thursday face close scrutiny after the collapse of a pedestrian bridge it was constructing on the M1 in Johannesburg the day before. It cost two lives and left more than 20 people injured. This comes at a ...
Grayston bridge collapse: The city's traffic plans for Thursday   Eyewitness News
'We'll take action'   Times LIVE
Johannesburg bridge scaffolding collapse kills two, injures 20   Times of Oman
South African Broadcasting Corporation   
Bloomberg   
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Sky News Australia   

Parole board meets to decide on Pistorius   
Sky News Australia
The South African parole board will meet again to consider whether to release Oscar Pistorius in the latest stage of a legal battle over the length of his jail sentence. The Paralympian star's lawyers have argued that he should have been released and ...
Parole board to discuss Oscar's release again   News24
Oscar house party pair say sorry   Independent Online
Tenants Make Pistorius Crime House Video   AllAfrica.com
AOL UK   
kwwl.com   
Metro   
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Times LIVE   

President's man gets top job at IEC   
Times LIVE
Zuma's decision means that a former adviser to the head of the ANC has been put in charge of the national electoral process as the ANC is about to face its biggest electoral challenge since the end of apartheid. File photo. Image by: MOELETSI MABE.
IEC: South Africa's new elections chief takes over   Daily Maverick
Zuma appoints another crony as IEC Commissioner - Haniff Hoosen   Politicsweb
Zuma appoints new IEC chair   News24
Mail & Guardian Online   
South African Broadcasting Corporation   
Sowetan Live (press release) (registration) (blog)   
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Brisbane Times   

US deploys troops in Cameroon for force protection   
Business Standard
The US has decided to deploy some 300 American troops in Cameroon to help the African nation fight against Boko Haram and other violent extremist organisations in West Africa. "These forces are equipped with weapons for the purpose of providing their ...

2015-10-15 Ghana Ghana

GhanaWeb   

Premix fuel subsidy will continue – Mahama   
GhanaWeb
President John Dramani Mahama has said despite the deregulation of petroleum products across the country, Government would continue to subsidize premix fuel for fishermen. Government had stopped subsidizing petroleum products through the ...