The British High Commissioner, Mr Gordon Wetherell, on Wednesday paid a courtesy call on the National Chief Imam, Sheikh Usman Nuhu Sharubutu, at his residence near the Accra Central Mosque in Accra.
A statement issued by the High C…
Italy on Tuesday adopted the European Union arrest warrant becoming the last EU country to do so following strong opposition from a governing coalition party.
The warrant aims to replace cumbersome extradition procedures by allowing E…
Scott Harrison, the World Boxing Organisation (WBO) featherweight champion, has said he will revert to his usual spartan training regime ahead of the next defence of his title against Michael Brodie on June 3.
For his last fight in hi…
The Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) has launched the Queens Baton Relay, to herald the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia.
The Queens Baton Relay is a traditional event that symbolises the traditional curtain raiser to the C…
The Status Committee of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has invited 30 players to appear before it on Thursday, April 14, for hearing.
The players are praying the Committee to grant them floating status to enable them continue wi…
Officer Cadet Mahamady Belem of Abyssinia Platoon of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) emerged winner of this year's annual Inter Platoon Junior Cadet Steeplechase competition held at the Ghana Military Academy, Teshie, Accra.
Cadet Officer…
The national handball competition enters its second week at all the centres this week after a thrilling first round last weekend.
The week would provide the Prisons Service with an opportunity to consolidate their position in the l…
The moderate wing of Indian Kashmir's main separatist alliance said Monday it will meet Pakistan President Pervez Musharraff when he visits New Delhi this weekend, local media reported.
The All Party Hurriyat Conference has been push…
A forum of stakeholders was held at Wa on Monday to provide a platform to the visiting 16-member mission from the South African based African Peer Review Mission.
The forum was an opportunity to question stakeholders on a range of is…
George Appiah, a 20-year-old unemployed and Kaku Kwasi Ebra, a 15-year-old student in Cote d'Ivoire, appeared before a Sekondi District Magistrate's Court on Monday for stealing a VCD deck.
Ebra, who is a brother-in-law to Appiah told t…
A discharge of water from a dam swept away scores of Hindu pilgrims while they were praying on the banks of the Narmada River in central India, leaving at least 53 dead, senior officials said.
The chief minister of the central state …
The three refurbished wards of the children's block of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), was on Monday inaugurated at a ceremony at the hospital in Kumasi.
The project, which involved the laying of new tiles, replacement of …
Baffour Kwasi Afrifa I, the chief of Akim Peseato in the Fanteakwa District, has called on Churches and opinion leaders to assist traditional authorities in abolishing outmoded customs and traditions.
He noted that obsolete traditio…
Dozens of stamp collectors, tourists, priests, nuns and ordinary Romans queued outside a Vatican post office in St Peter's Square Tuesday as rare stamps marking the papal vacancy went on sale.
"They are not particularly valuable, may…
Bayern Munich captain Oliver Kahn claims English opposition always struggle against the 18-time German champions and is confident the club can overturn a 4-2 first leg deficit when they face Chelsea in the Champions League quarter-final at…
Filipinos are losing confidence in President Gloria Arroyo's ability to deal with a looming fiscal crisis in the Philippines, according to an independent poll published Monday.
The March 3-16 Pulse Asia poll of 1,200 adults showed onl…
A day after the wedding of Prince Charles to Camilla Parker Bowles, more flowers than usual were placed at Paris' Place de l'Alma on Sunday where the prince's
late wife Diana was killed in a car crash in 1997.
Diana admirers placed …
Below is a GNA Sports compilation of the winners of the gala competition since it's inception in 1974.
1974 - Hearts beat Fankobaa 5-4 (pen)
1975 - No competition
1976 - Hearts beat Kotoko 1-0
1977 - Olympics beat Hearts…
Nigerian Catholics in this mainly-Muslim northern city were deeply moved by Pope John Paul II's funeral on Friday, but outraged that a power-cut prevented them for seeing the end of the ceremony.
"The funeral is the most historic even…
Roman Catholic cardinals convened on Saturday to discuss further details of the transition until a successor is named to Pope John Paul II, and declined afterwards to comment on their deliberations.
A South African cardinal, Wilfrid F…
The Vatican is to issue a set of stamps that will be usable only until the election of a new pope, a period that could be as little as 10 days, it announced Saturday.
The city-state's philately and minting office will issue the set of…
Michael Jackson's defense against child sex charges took a fresh blow Tuesday when his former maid told how she caught him in the shower with an Australian boy.
The woman, whose son tearfully told jurors that he was groped three times…
With the UN Security Council deadlocked over key issues in Sudan, the United States on Tuesday announced it would put forward three separate UN resolutions to tackle the Darfur crisis.
After weeks of stalemate on potential war crimes …
Japan has welcomed UN Secretary General Kofi Annan's resolve for the world body to adopt sweeping reforms but insisted that an expansion of the Security Council bring new permanent members such as Tokyo.
Annan, presenting a report Mon…
Southampton manager Harry Redknapp said Monday he planned to hold talks with Sir Clive Woodward following the British and Irish Lions tour of New Zealand which finishes in July.
Woodward, who guided England to the Rugby World Cup in 2…
World number one Roger Federer and women's number two Amelie Mauresmo of France were named top seeds here Monday for the WTA and ATP Masters Series tournament that begins here Wednesday.
But the main rivals on both the men's and women…
Roger Federer successfully defended his Indian Wells ATP Masters Series title, defeating Lleyton Hewitt 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 in Sunday's final to claim his 26th career singles crown.
The world number one Federer is undefeated in his past 17 …
Italian league table after Sunday's matches (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points):
AC Milan 29 20 6 3 49 17 66
Juventus 29 20 6 3 47 16 66
Inter Milan …
Nana Asamoah Boamah, a sports analyst has called on the management and supporters of Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club and Kumasi Asante Kotoko Football club to do away with the rancour and perceived enmity between them and rather promote …
Insurgents of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) over the weekend chopped off lips, ears and breasts of seven women in northern Uganda's Kitgum district, a local leader and the official newspaper reported Monday.
The incident occurred n…
Senior allies of French President Jacques Chirac are to appear in court on Monday in a corruption case examining allegations that kickbacks were paid for public works contracts to finance political parties.
A total of 47 people have b…
Zambia's Vice President Lupando Mwape is threatening to quit his party over alleged acts of corruption and bribery to win votes ahead of the ruling party's convention, state radio said on Monday.
Mwape said senior figures within the r…
Dizengoff Ghana Limited, dealers in agro-chemicals and Motorola Services is diversifying into aquaculture and its appropriate technology transfer to make that branch in agriculture viable and attractive to farmers in the country.
Mr …
A Sekondi District Magistrate's Court on Monday convicted Egya Mensah, a 20-year-old auto electrician for being on the premises of the complainant, Mr Kwesi Annan, a fish farmer at Effiakuma number one, a suburb of Takoradi for unlawful pu…
Miss Elizabeth Ohene, Minister of State, Ministry of Education and Sports at the weekend deplored the lack of interest in school sports by students culminating in the downward trend of sport countrywide.
She expressed regret that sports …
The general public is reminded that Friday, March 25 (Good Friday) and Monday, March 28 (Easter Monday) are statutory public holidays.
A statement signed by Papa Owusu-Ankomah, the Minister of the Interior, said people should observe…
An armed and dangerous mental patient, previously found guilty of murder and rape, escaped from a psychiatric institution in the southern Swedish town of Vaexjoe on Monday, police said.
"At 9:50 am (0850 GMT) today we received word th…
A sentence of flogging and imprisonment imposed by a court on a Saudi academic has been quashed by the kingdom's de facto ruler, Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, a newspaper reported on Monday.
Hamza al-Muzaini, a lecturer in lin…
The weather will be cloudy over southern Ghana this morning becoming sunny later in the afternoon with thunderstorms or rain showers over high grounds but spreading out to affect many more southern stations tonight.
Northern Ghan…
The controversy over a heavily brain-damaged Florida woman, who has been kept on life support over the past 15 years, took a dramatic turn Saturday when congressional leaders invoked emergency powers to pass a bill they hope will result in…
The Koforidua District branch of the Women's Wing of the Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints on Saturday presented assorted items estimated at 20 million cedis to the New Tafo Government Hospital as part of activities marking the 163rd birthd…
he Eastern Regional Director of Education, Mrs Ewura-Abena Ahwoi, has attributed the current examination malpractices that had rocked schools of late to students' tendency to adopt the dishonest character traits of the folklore hero, 'Kwak…
The Christian community in Kumasi observed Palm Sunday with the jubilant mood reminiscent of the tumultuous cry of victory that greeted Jesus when he triumphantly entered Jerusalem.
The waving of palm branches, woven into neat braids…
Following are the standings after
English premier league played on Saturday (tabulated under games
played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, against, points):
1. Chelsea 30 24 5 1 58 10 77
2. Manchester United …
Lebanese President Emile Lahoud issued a new appeal for national dialogue on Saturday, hours after a bomb blast in a Beirut suburb sparked fears of a return to sectarian violence.
Eleven people were wounded shortly after midnight when…
The Ugandan army said on Sunday that it had killed 10 fighters of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in an ambush and battles in northern Gulu district over the weekend.
"Ten LRA fighters have been put out of action between yester…
Mr Alfred Sallia Fawundu, UN Resident Co-ordinator and former UNDP Resident Representative in Guinea Bissau, Benin and Ghana, said governance should involve leadership at all levels and not relegated to politicians alone, to ensure shared …
Parliament on Friday passed the appropriation bill authorising government to spend 34.618 trillion cedis.
The Minority joined forces with the Majority to pass this bill that, for the first time, authorises the Minister of Finance to w…
US President George W. Bush on Friday called on his mother, former first lady Barbara Bush, to help defend his embattled plan to partly privatise the government-run retirement programme.
During a speech here on the issue, Bush brought…
South African President Thabo Mbeki, the mediator in the conflict in the Cote d'ivoire
has called all sides to an urgent meeting in Pretoria, "to take the peace process forward," his spokesman confirmed Friday.
An Ivorian opposition…
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