…ncies between initial tally sheets and the results reported in the media. John Mahama’s presidential adviser Tony Aidoo said there was no foundation for the allegations. Nana Akufo-Addo lost the 2008 presidential poll by one percentage point, but accepted the result. Glitches with a new finger-printing system meant that voting continued into Saturday in some parts of the country. However, ob…
…ital, Accra. The opposition has praised the swift transition to John Dramani Mahama, saying it showed Ghana was a mature democracy. John Atta Mills, who suffered from throat cancer, had governed since 2009. He had planned to run for a second term in elections in December. John Dramani Mahama will now serve as president until the election, but it is unclear whether he will be the candidate of the g…
…s with a heavy heart…that we announce the sudden and untimely death of the president of the Republic of Ghana,” the statement said. John Atta Mills has ruled the West African country since 2009. Ghana's President John Atta Mills has died from throat cancer aged 68 John Atta Mills’ voice has been degenerating in the last few months. A presidential aide said the leader had com…
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…mo Marconi more than a 100 years ago, who opened the world’s first telegraph in the same city. GPS (global positioning system) uses signals coming from satellites spinning around the Earth, some 20,000 km (12,427 miles) away. By the time these signals reach the surface of our planet, they are extremely weak and unable to be picked up by receivers, for instance, inside buildings. They may als…
Churchill will feature on the new design of the £5 banknote which will enter circulation in 2016 The design includes a portrait of Winston Churchill, adapted from a photograph taken by Yousuf Karsh on 30 December 1941. The former prime minister is the only politician from the modern era to feature on a banknote. The artwork will also include: Winston Churchill’s declaration: “I have n…
…because they allow her “to transform my interests in physics, chemistry, and biology into solutions for current health problems.” She won the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF) 2011 Grand Award and the ISEF 2010 Grand Award (both for medicine and health science), and a trip to attend the Taiwan International Science Fair awarded by the National Taiwan Science Education Cent…
…silicon. The result was a series of neatly aligned nanotube devices, already wired up within the pattern, at a density of a billion per square centimetre. “That’s one nanotube every 150 or 200 (billionths of a metre) or so,” explained Dr. James Hannon. “That’s not good enough to make a microprocessor yet – it’s a factor of 10 away. “But it’s a…
…chnology blog TechCrunch said it confirmed the change by speaking with three separate manufacturers, although Apple has not commented on the plan. Current iPhones, and all previous models, have used a 30-pin connector for power and to plug in accessories. However, reports claim the next iPhone will use a smaller 19-pin version, rendering all current accessories useless. Leaked pictures claiming to…
…ged. But today’s announcement that the Duchess of Cambridge is expecting the couple’s first child – third in line to the throne – has come after the deal was agreed. In October 2011, David Cameron announced that the 16 Commonwealth countries where the Queen is head of state had agreed to give female royals the same rights of succession as their brothers. “Put simply, if the…
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A new report by the aid watchdog Data shows that European debt crisis has led to cuts in government development aid to poor countries. It is the first significant reduction in Europe-wide aid budgets for a decade. The biggest percentage cuts in the year 2010/11 were made by two of the states worst affected by the debt crisis – Spain and Greece. But overall European development aid was also…
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The European Parliament has rejected the 27 EU governments’ position on next year’s EU budget, triggering hard bargaining to reach a deal. In a vote in Strasbourg the MEPs backed the European Commission’s call for a 6.8% budget rise for 2013. A MEPs’ report deplored a decision by the Council – the 27 governments – to cut that figure to 2.79%. The MEPs also adop…
wants to take money from those who have earned it and give it to those who have not, or is it people like me who built a company out of his garage and directly employs over 7000 people and hosts over 3 million people per year with a great vacation? Obviously, our present government believes that taking my money is the right economic stimulus for this country. The fact is, if I deducted 50% of you…
…e simply in the case of <<irreconcilable differences>>.” Princess Basma Bint Saud Bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia spoke out about the many changes she would like to see in her country 3. Overhaul of the education system “The way women today are treated in Saudi Arabia is a direct result of the education our children, boys and girls, receive at school. The content of the syllabus i…
…ly enforce the agreement, the EU will need to play a role if the treaty is to be effective in enforcing intellectual property protection across several countries. So far, the treaty has been signed by 22 EU member states. However, Germany has held off from backing the agreement, citing the need for “further discussion”. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said his country would wait for…
…l gridlock – because parties opposed to the president dominate parliament. Mohamed Nasheed, a former human rights campaigner, beat long-time ruler Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, who had been in power for 30 years and was widely seen as autocratic, in the country’s first multiparty election. A one-time political prisoner, Mohamed Nasheed became a vocal figure in office on issues relating to the…
riage was in trouble from the start and the wild search on the mean streets of Las Vegas led to their eventual split 16 days later. The 45-year-old Irish singer insists she still loves Barry Herridge, 38, but says she ended their relationship on Christmas Eve because of the pain he was in. Sinead O’Connor and Barry Herridge met online four months ago after he responded to a plea by unlucky-in-love…
ated regulator applying those risk-based capital standards and adjusting the capital requirements to the risks; and those risks include the ones you have outlined, the risks of interest rates going up 300 basis points or falling 300 basis points. That is what that sophisticated new regulator would be required to look at. We are saying, remove the current statutory restrictions on how you look…
At least 340 people have been injured in a commuter train crash at a station in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The train is reported to have slammed into the barrier at the end of the platform at the Once station in the west of the city. The injured driver and some passengers were taken away on stretchers, with the first carriage the worst affected. The ministry of transport said it could not rule out…
…0;low-lights” are: • air pollution indoors and outdoors is probably causing more than six million premature deaths each year • greenhouse gas emissions are on track to warm the world by at least 3C on average by 2100 • most river basins contain places where drinking water standards are below World Health Organization standards • only 1.6% of the world’s oceans are protected. A few hour…
Former US President Bill Clinton made an insensitive racial remark about Barack Obama while his wife battled him for the Democratic nomination vote, it was claimed today. Bill Clinton, whose wife Hillary battled Barack Obama in the 2008 primary campaign, is said to have remarked of the current president: “A few years ago, this guy would have been carrying our bags.” He allegedly made the insensit…
unemployment figures from each state to predict a Republican win come November. Political science professors Kenneth Bickers and Michael Berry’s study predicts 218 electoral votes for Barack Obama and 320 for Mitt Romney with the Republican candidate winning every seat currently considered to be on the fence. The prediction model uses economic data from all 50 states and the District of Columbia,…
ed after his heirs were not able to fend off civil war and invading conquerors. Mansa Musa I of Mali has been named the richest person in history 2. ROTHSCHILD FAMILY – $350 BILLION (BORN 1744) 3. JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER – $340 BILLION (BORN 1839) 4. ANDREW CARNEGIE – $310 BILLION (BORN 1835) 5. TSAR NICHOLAS II OF RUSSIA – $300 BILLION (BORN 1868) 6. MIR OSMAN ALI KHAN –…
Ascend P6: Huawei unveils world's slimmest smartphoneHuawei has unveiled Ascend P6, the world's thinnest smartphone. The Android-based Ascend P6 is 6.18 mm (0.24 in) thick and is also unusual in that it has a 5 megapixel front…
Yuri Gagarin air crash details revealed by fellow cosmonaut Alexey LeonovNew details have emerged about the air crash on 27 March 1968 that killed the first man in space - Yuri Gagarin. Fellow cosmonaut Alexey Leonov claims an "unauthorized"…
Apple discloses details of data requests from US authoritiesApple has decided to publish details of data requests from the US authorities. Apple is the latest tech firm to disclose the US government requests and said it received…
Yahoo had refused to join PRISM spying program but was forced by secret court It was revealed that Yahoo's top lawyers had a courtroom showdown with the National Security Agency after it had demanded information on certain foreign users without a…
Facebook and Microsoft reveal US government data requestsFacebook revealed today that it received 9,000-10,000 requests for user data from US government entities in the second half of 2012. The social-network said the requests,…
Project Loon: Google launches balloons into near space to provide internet accessGoogle is launching superpressure balloons into near space to provide internet access to buildings on the ground. About 30 of the superpressure balloons are being launched…
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