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• Yamson Committee rejects Chinery Hesse Report - Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh

• Health - Asamankese Gov't hospital faces collapse ..as NHIS refuses reimbursement - Awudu Salami Sule

• Former gov’t appointees to face the music - Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh

• Family demands return of Dr Kwame Nkrumah's property - Awudu Salami Sule

• Ghanaian population to hit 25million next year - Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh

• Lead - Samia Nkrumah honoured - Audrey Micah

• 259 cars in Autobahn crash - UK Telegraph

• No strike-NAGRAT President - Audrey Micah

• Alarming Africa male gay HIV rate - BBC

• Commentary - An insult (on Obama's visit to Ghana) - David Ellison

• Commentary - The danger with Muamua Gaddafi - Kofi Akosah-Sarpong

• Ghana's Door of No Return is stained window for blacks - Chicago Tribune

• World Bank releases Worldwide Governance Indicators - Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh,

• GOIL prepares to supply aviation fuel - Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot

• Sports - Accra Hearts of Oak wins GLO Premier League

• Health - Teenage pregnancy destroys Tema youth - Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh

• Audit Service not fault finding institution -Auditor-General tells gov’t agencies - Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh

• Pan Africa - Sudan rivals agree to avert war - BBC

• Sports - South Africa wins Hockey African Cup - Awudu Salami Sule

• President in a clean-up exercise at the castle

• Commentary - Morocco’s Local Elections and Decentralization - Dr. Yossef Ben-Meir

• Commentary - Barack Obama and Africans’ mindset - Kofi Akosah-Sarpong

• World - World's oldest man Henry Allingham dies at 113 - Telegraph, UK

• Pan Africa - Nigeria 'ready for 10,000 rebels' -  BBC

• World - Walter Cronkite Is Dead at 92; Was Trusted Voice of TV News - NYTimes

• World - US stocks enjoy biggest weekly rise since March - CSMonitor

• Press Release - IMF Executive Board Concludes Article IV Consultation with Ghana

• Obama: Walls at 'Door of No Return' can speak - CNN

• Sports - Black Queens to play in WAFU tourney - Awudu Salami Sule

• World - Iceland applies to join European Union - CNN

• Government terminates appointment of NIA Boss - Awudu Salami Sule

• Health - Stigmatization of AIDS victims must be stopped-Awuku-Amoah - Audrey Micah

• Social - Obama Tells Blacks 'No Excuses' at NAACP - Fox News

• Sports - PLB fines three clubs for violating football regulations

• Tomorrow is Nelson Mandela Day - Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh

• World - Giant Mystery Blob Moves Through Alaskan Waters - Fox News

• Pope taken to hospital after fall - Guardian, UK

• Wanted Bashir 'drops Uganda trip' - BBC

• IMF Executive Board Approves US$602.6 Million for Ghana

• Accra Metropolitan Chief Executive refutes contractual allegations

• Are the deserts getting greener? - BBC

• Parliament debates National Stabilization Levy Bill - Awudu Salami Sule

• Ex-Deputy Minister accused government of defrauding Ghanaians - Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh

• People who litter the streets to be prosecuted

• President Mills denies reshuffle claims - Awudu Salami Sule

• I am not a dual citizen of any country-NPP MP - Audrey Micah

• Ghanaians to vote biometrically in 2016 elections - Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh

• Former NPP minister goes to court today - Audrey Micah

• Social - Shakira to hit market this month - Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh

• Ghana ranks best state in Africa - Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh

• GCB opens new branchv -  Audrey Micah

• World - China Overtakes Japan as World's Second-Biggest Stock Market...  - Bloomberg
  Pan Africa - Congo leader wins disputed poll  - BBC

• Health - Swine flu threatens Muslim Hajj season...  CNN

• Health - Killer parasites' genes decoded - BBC

• IMF' $1.17billion grant facility for Ghana approved - Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh

• World - Economy in China Regains Robust Pace of Growth - NYTimes

• Pan Africa - Bongo son set for Gabon candidacy

• AFC participates in US$750m Jubilee Field deal - Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh

• Pan Africa - Taylor Calls War Crimes Charges ‘Lies’ - NYTimes

• I fought corruption, says Taylor - BBC

• Sports - Drogba and Bosingwa bans reduced

• Nylander calls for early CPP executive election - Awudu Salami Sule

• Pan Africa - Niger Senses a Threat to Its Scrap of Democracy - NYTimes

• “Telephone sex”, drug abuse increase in Ghana’s second cycle schools - Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh

• Kufuor now Ambassador for WFP Hunger and Disaster - Audrey Micah

• Ghanaian youth storm Parliament - Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh

• Attorney General is bluffing-NPP officials - Audrey Micah

• Ghana, World Bank sign $300m Development Financing Agreement - Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh

• Sports - Clottey to fight Mosley or Berto in November

• GIPC National Task Force to monitor foreign investor/tradernactivities - Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh

• Sports - Deputy Black Stars skipper donates to orphanage - Awudu Salami Sule

• Supreme Court affirms re-run elections in Akwatia constituency - Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh

• Sports - Ghana to participate in West African Canoe Kayak Championship

• Court disqualifies NPP MP from holding seat - Awudu Salami Sule

• 150 Feared Dead in Iran Plane Crash - NYTimes

• Commentary - Obama Redefined the "Door of No Return" But... - James Shikwati

• UK Unemployment highest since 1995 after record rise - Guardian, UK

• Foreign Minister leaves for NAM meeting

• IMF to approve Ghana's $ 1 billion tomorrow - Audrey Micah

• GTV, Metro TV fight over poor signal receptions for Obama's visit - Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh

• I left a vibrant economy-Kufuor - Audrey Micah

• IFC $100 million support for Kosmos' Jubilee field - Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh

• Sports - Essien Wishes For Injury Free Season - Andrew Zugah

• MP accused ECG of corruption - Awudu Salami Sule

• Announcement - Maker Faire Africa: Innovation Summit, August 14-16, Accra

• Aveyime Rice Project to produce 2000mt of rice this year - Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh

• Sports - Is Violence creeping back Ghana's Premier League? - Awudu Salami Sule

• Health - More African women dying from childbirths - Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh

• President Mills nominates 32 ambassadors - Awudu Salami Sule

• Government to pay over $1billion as judgment debts to Ghanaians - Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh

• Commentary - A parody on Obama's address to Africa - President Musugu Babazonga.

• Alhaji Mumuni to answer corruption charges - Awudu Salami Sule

• Video - President Obama's full speech in Ghana on video

• Is politics in Ghana a game of amassing wealth? - Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh

• Ghana’s forest reserve is no more pristine

• African press on Obama visit - BBC

• Nigeria releases key rebel leader - BBC

• Sports - Hearts regains top spot of Premiership

• Sports - Kotoko loose to AshantiGold in Premier League

• Health - Swine flu 'unstoppable', all countries will need vaccine..

• Archbishop of Canterbury 'regrets' move to ordain gay bishops  - BBC

• Tough love - BBC

• Sudan women 'lashed for trousers' - BBC

• Obama's Foreign Strategy Mixes Encouragement, Demands - Wall Street Journal

• CPP shows gratitude to President Mills -Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh

• TOR has dispensed more fuel for distribution - Audrey Micah

• Confusion over road blocks for Prez Obama visit - Audrey Micah

• Food and Drugs Board declares war on illegal herbal drugs - Awudu Salami Sule

• Analysis - This Obama guy - In the context of Ghana’s history -  E. Ablorh-Odjidja

• Review - West Africa’s burdened democracy - Kofi Akosah-Sarpong

• Mills: Ghana will deepen democracy

• Review - Africa’s Evil: An Examination - Kofi Akosah-Sarpong

• Review - President Obama's full speech in Ghana

• Kufuor: Obama’s visit to Ghana is not because of oil - Audrey Micah

• Oxfam: Obama visit should begin new partnership on transparency

• Commentary - Welcome to Ghana, President Obama - E. Ablorh-Odjidja

• Government increases teachers’ salary by 17% - Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh

• Reach out to flood victims- NADMO Boss

• Road closures in Accra - Awudu Salami Sule

• Sports - Hockey Africa Cup of Nations Kick off in Accra today - Awudu Salami Sule

• Drug trafficking, violence threaten gains in West Africa-UN - Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh

• Commentary - Rebranding Africa - Bono, NYTimes

• Stanbic deepens corporate social responsibility -With $50,000 donation to 3 orphanages  - Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh

• A train derails in Accra - Andrew Zugah

• Count-down to Obama's day in Ghana - Ghanadot

• Obama, wife, to arrive in Ghana to begin two-day visit - Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh

• Ghana as credit worthy because of NPP - Kufuor - Audrey Micah

• Obama paraphernalia has taken over Ghana’s markets - Audrey Micah

• AfDB invests $500 million in Aid for Trade

• Leaders of political parties call on President Mills

• Sports - Kotoko's win over Hassacas topples Hearts as league leaders - Awudu Salami Sule

• Rawlings and Kufuor to welcome Obama at airport - Andrew Zugah

• President Mills supports decongestion of Accra

• Rwandan President honoured African business leaders in London - Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot

• Government urged to establish new deal in international relations

• Obama's visit has not relegated Ghanaian security - Awudu Salami Sule

• Ghana to improve residential address system

• Rawlings, Kufuor, to dine with Mills, Obama - Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot

• Today’s rains has caused damage in the capital - Audrey Micah

• Gov’t of Japan gives $ 90 million grant to Ghana

• Review - Papaya, a rising star for Ghana’s export market - Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot

• Press Statement - The return of fuel shortages and long queues

• Ghana okays Tullow for oilfield, eyes Kosmos stake - Reuters

• Feature - Acute fuel shortage hits Accra ahead of Obama's visit - Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot

• Kufuor not invited to welcome Obama - Awudu Salami Sule

• Parliament approves $300 million loan facility - Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot

• Muslim congress to promote youth welfare ended in Accra - Awudu Salami Sule

• Places around Airport under security seal for Obama's visit

• CPP to hold family dialogue

• Minority walk out of Parliament over $5,000 bribe allegation - Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh

• Gov’t allocates GHC 25 million to combat floods in Ghana

• NPP to expel Appiah Ofori - Audrey Micah

• Sports - President Mills inaugurates National Hockey Stadium

• African countries to join Ghana to commemorate Nkrumah's 100th Birthday

• Health - Director of Ghana Health Service call on Obama to continue Bush's malaria programme -

  Awudu Salami Sule

• TOR has experienced yet another shutdown

• 11-member National Hajj Committee inaugurated

• Commentary - Ghana in the mind of Nigeria - Kofi Akosah-Sarpong

• Sports - Hearts split points with Kessben

• Drivers need periodic training

• Sports - Establish common fund for sports development -ECOWAS

• National athletics championship ends in Kumasi

• World - Closer to an Israeli strike on Iran's nukes? CSMonitot

• Health - Failure to circumcise men 'may have cost millions of Aids deaths' - Guardian, UK

• Ghanaian body found in aircraft - BBC

• African move on Bashir dismissed - BBC

• Former-President Kufuor returns home

• Vodafone deny allegations of cheating

• Mines workers union call for assessment of oil contracts

• Obama’s visit to boost tourism earnings

• African leaders urged to pay more attention to water and sanitation issues

• Defectors return to the NDC

• Feature - “Forgotten Territory” not for humans? Doctors and foresters disagree - A GNA Feature
   

• Michael Jackson to be entombed in concrete - Telegraph, UK

• Ada Police personnel cry for help as flood torment them

• President Mills re-affirms commitment to African Union

• President not happy about low female representative in his government

• NPP youth in Zongo call for fresh probe into Muntaka saga

• Payrolls of all MDAs to be run by CAGD in January next year

• World Tourism Day will be a showpiece -  Awudu Salami Sule

• NAGRAT expresses concern over the delay of implementation of single spine salary structure - Awudu Salami Sule

• Asawase NDC Executive rescind decision

• Commentary - Democracy in Honduras and Niger - as seen in the eyes of the US - E. Ablorh-Odjidja

• EU approves 175 million Euros for Ghana - To support Ghana’s dev’t agenda

• Review - Weaving African religion into development - Kofi Akosah-Sarpong

• Ghana signs compensation package with Gambia on the murder of six Ghanaians

• Rivers State Governor of Nigeria denies funding Ghana’s NDC - asahudu Ankiilu Kunateh

• Press Release - River State Governor answers alleged misappropriation of funds

• Commentary - "It is time to think”  - Kofi Akosah-Sarpong

• Feature - Counterfeit goods stifling industries in Ghana - Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh

• MPs argue over Minister’s qualification to respond to questions

• There are no conditionalities to the World Bank loan - Finance Minister - Awudu Salami Sule

• Pan Africa - US condemns Niger third term bid - BBC

• Ghana's economic woes is over-Finance Minister - Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh

• Health - Abortion related complications on the increase in the Volta region - Audrey Micah

• Gambian government to assist 44 murdered Ghanaians

• GHC 50,000 bail granted for Asamoah Boateng’s wife - Audrey Micah

• African leaders urged to halt food crisis, violence on continent

• EU supports Audit Service to improve public financial management in Ghana -  Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh

• Social - Fire guts Adenta SSNIT flat

• Edward Mahama bids farewell to PNC - Awudu Salami Sule

• Commentary - Operation Sisyphus, the Accra city cleaner - E. Ablorh-Odjidja

• Sports - Ghana moves a step up in latest FIFA ranking - Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh

• Task of nation building is a continuous process – Veep

• Seminars and workshops alone would not save Ghana- Afriyie Ankra

• Sports - Hearts wins President cup - Awudu Salami Sule

• Pan Africa - Rwanda denies sterilisation plans - BBC

• Hawkers back on streets and pavements -
  Audrey Micah

• World - Jackson's Will Could Set Off Legal Battle Over Estate - NYTimes

• Pan Africa - African troops - 'fig-leaf' for Somalia? - BBC

• World - Former Iranian President: Election 'Coup' Against Democracy - VOA

• Pan Africa - Survivor (12 years old) speaks of Yemenia crash - BBC

• Pan Africa - Two shot at Ethiopia church site - BBC

• Feature - Fraud, abuse and waste in Ghana’s public services - Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh

• Commentary - Development and the holiday mentality - E. Ablorh-Odjidja

• World Bank approves US$ 535million package for Ghana - Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh

• Book of condolence for Micheal Jackson - Awudu Salami Sule

• Sports - Williams sisters breeze into semis - Guardian. UK

• Commentary - The G8: Africa Must Rethink Development Model - James Shikwati

• World - Second Jacko autopsy stuns family - The Sun

• Commentary - OMOV Means “Obiara Nto Bi.” - Kofi Boateng

• World -  UK- Policy retreat over identity cards - FT

• World - al Qaeda warns France of revenge for burka stance...- Breitbart.com

• World - Jackson's body to go on public display - Guardian, UK

• Sports - Semifinals Will Be Williams-Russian Affairs - NYTimes

• World - Iraq Marks Withdrawal of U.S. Troops From Cities - NYTimes

• World - Girl survives Indian Ocean plane crash - Guardian, UK

• Feature - Global markets for cocaine, opiates and cannabis decline in 2009

• World - British economy sinks at fastest rate in 50 years - Telegraph, UK

• We are not broke - NPP Finance Committee Chairman - Audrey Micah

• Journalists pledge to support regional integration efforts

• Afreximbank, HSBC, AFC - Win Landmark Trade Finance

• EC to expunge non-functioning political parties - Mr Adeenze-Kangah

• “High numbers of school children selling by the road side is worrying”- Obeng

• Feature - Fuel prices to go up again - Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh

• Feature - Curfews in Bawku, Gushegu renewed - Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh

• Feature - AFAG calls off demonstration, blames Prez Mills for interfering - Audrey Micah

• Ghanaian passport to be changed soon

• IGP-The police is ready for Obama’s visit

• NPP should elect Nana Akufo Addo as party’s flagbearer- Mr Nyarko

• KMA to rehabilitate Kumasi Central Market

• Mfantseman Assembly prepares for Obama’s visit

• Education - 70 pupils at Akuapem South to participate in E/R Regional cultural contest

• President Mills in Libya for Heads of State and Government of the AU summit

• Ghanaians mark Republic Day on 1st July

• Press Release - NPP-USA Exposes NDC Deceptions

• Pan Africa - African roots - DNA testing helps African Americans find their origins- BBC

• Ghana to start issuing ECOWAS passport next year