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Semenya left stranded by storm
Tom Fordyce, BBC, Wednesday, 19 August 2009

When Usain Bolt is no longer the main topic of conversation at the World Championships, you know something dramatic must have happened.

There had been whispers circulating about South African 800m prodigy Caster Semenya ever since she ran a spectacular 1 minute 56.72 seconds in a low-key meet on 26 July.

Not only was it the fastest time in the world this year by more than a second, it meant she had improved her personal best by seven seconds in less than nine months. And, she said afterwards, she could have run even quicker had it not been for a strong wind on the back straight.

For once, the tittle-tattle was not the usual sort about performance-enhancing substances. This was more basic and a whole lot nastier: was the 'she' actually a 'he'?........ 
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NPP’s Dr. Kofi Asare wins Akwatia seat

Accra, Aug 19, Ghanadot - The Electoral Commission (EC) has declared Dr. Kofi Asare of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) winner of the Akwatia Constituency Parliamentary seat after he bagged 17,900 votes in collated results from the December 7, 2008 election
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Let’s promote small and artisanal mining, says Miss Aryee

Tarkwa, Aug. 20, Ghanadot/GNA - Miss Joyce Aryee, the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Mines, has said artisanal and small scale mining must be properly promoted to enable the sector to contribute to national development.
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Financial literacy low among adults in Northern Ghana-survey

Accra, Aug 19, Ghanadot - A survey undertaken by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)’s Trade and Investment for a Competitive Export Economy (TIPCEE), and the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning .
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Naa Addo airs opinion about the ongoing  NPP reforms

Accra, Aug 20, Ghanadot - The latest to offer his voice to the debate about reforms to the NPP constitution was the 2008 flagbearer of the NPP, Nana Akufo-Addo....More

   
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