Archive for January, 2011
Posted by Contributor on January 30, 2011 at 7:37 pm in Feature Articles, Other Top Stories
In his last TV show for 2010, ace comedian and entertainment impresario, Kwaku Sintim-Misa, apologized to patrons who had paid for regular or VIP seats for his December 25th show but ended up standing in the aisles of the filled-to-capacity auditorium of the National Theater in Accra. It was a decent thing to do, especially [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 7:35 pm in Football, Sports
Sunderland have signed Inter Milan midfielder Sulley Muntari on loan until the end of the season. Muntari, 26, played for Portsmouth in the Premier League during the 2007-08 season before moving to Inter. The Ghana international won the treble of the Italian Serie A, Coppa Italia and Champions League under ex-Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho last [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 7:34 pm in Football, Sports
Liverpool are likely to sell striker Fernando Torres before the transfer window closes on Monday if they can agree a £50m package with Chelsea. The Red could be open to a £40m cash deal plus Blues forward Nicolas Anelka, according to an Anfield source. The Reds have already rejected a £35m bid from Chelsea for [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 7:33 pm in Football, Sports
??Kumasi Asante Kotoko proved a handful for Division Two side Danbort FC, as the Porcupine Warriors walloped the Accra side by a 3:0 margin in their MTN/FA Cup competition at the Baba Yara Stadium. Nathaniel Asamoah fetched a brace, added on my Michael Akuffo for a 3:0 first half win with the second half producing [...]
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Posted by Contributor on January 29, 2011 at 8:24 pm in Science
(AFP) – The scale of Egypt’s crackdown on the Internet and mobile phones amid deadly protests against the rule of President Hosni Mubarak is unprecedented in the history of the web, experts said. US President Barack Obama, social networking sites and rights groups around the world all condemned the moves by Egyptian authorities to stop [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 8:20 pm in Local News, Other News
A woman, Oluremi Bolaji, 32, held residents of Ijeshatedo, Surulere and its environs spell bound when she mysteriously appeared on the minaret of the Ijesha Central Mosque in Lagos… advertisement Residents of the area had woken up to see the woman perched dangerously atop the minaret which is under construction as part of ongoing renovation [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 8:15 pm in Lawn Tennis, Sports
By Dan Baynes Four months after leaving New York with her second straight U.S. Open title, Kim Clijsters conquered Melbourne in the latest major stop on her tennis comeback by winning her first Australian Open. Clijsters, the No. 3 seed from Belgium, fought back from a set down to beat Li Na last night for [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 8:13 pm in News From Other Newspapers
The government is to secure six additional aircraft for the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) by the end of 2012. It would also repair the existing four aircraft of the GAF and provide the GAF with logistics. The Vice-President, Mr John Dramani Mahama, who announced this Friday, said the move was to support the GAF to [...]
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