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22/06/2015

Govt puts in measures to contain cholera outbreak. www.bignews1.com/article.php?art_id=43462

22/06/2015

S***m and Gomorrah demolition exposes illegal connections. http://www.bignews1.com/article.php?art_id=46656

" We are in an era of climate change. Nobody ever thought that the level of rain that we had three weeks ago could come upon us. So it’s not a matter of elections; it's a matter of doing what is right to save lives now", he said.

22/06/2015

Taliban attack on Afghan parliament in Kabul ends. http://www.bignews1.com/article.php?art_id=99771

A co-ordinated Taliban attack on the Afghan parliament in Kabul has ended with all six gunmen killed, the interior ministry says.

22/06/2015

Heatwave in Pakistan's Sindh province leaves 120 dead. http://www.bignews1.com/article.php?art_id=63072

Health officials say most of the deaths have been in the largest city, Karachi, which has experienced temperatures as high as 45C (113F) in recent days.

17/06/2015

IEA calls for laws to ensure fiscal discipline. http://bignews1.com/article.php?art_id=17385

The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has called for the enactment of laws that will ensure fiscal discipline and transparency in Ghana’s economy.

17/06/2015

Nestle says it will destroy more than $50m (£32m) worth of its hugely popular Maggi noodles, following a ban imposed by India's food safety regulator.

10/06/2015

MP advocates restriction on sale of acid. http://bignews1.com/article.php?art_id=10065

Sefwi-Wiawso (W/R), June 9, GNA - The Member of Parliament for Nkoranza South, Mr Emmanuel Kojo Agyekum, has called for restriction on the sale of acid and other harmful chemicals in the country.

11/05/2015

Ghanaian student wins Best Paper Award in Italy. http://bignews1.com/article.php?art_id=69353&PHPSESSID=ad64774156456aaba62757957d05c11a

A Ghanaian PhD student at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark Mr. Isaac Ankamah-Yeboah has won this year’s Best Student Paper Award instituted by the European Association of Fisheries Economist (EAFE) in Salerno, Italy

11/05/2015

South Africa opposition elects Maimane first black leader. http://bignews1.com/article.php?art_id=99688&PHPSESSID=ad64774156456aaba62757957d05c11a

South Africa's main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), has elected its first black leader, a move the party hopes will widen its appeal.

11/05/2015

Death of Mills good omen for-NDC, Rawlings suggests. http://bignews1.com/article.php?art_id=13716&PHPSESSID=ad64774156456aaba62757957d05c11a

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has reiterated that the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) would have been in opposition, if they had presented the late Prof. Atta Mills in the 2012 elections.

09/05/2015

Veep admonishes youth against social vices. http://bignews1.com/article.php?art_id=10578&PHPSESSID=99c0cafa84b8b0f84441674f21eec78e

Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur has admonished the youth to refrain from immoral conducts and other social vices such as “sakawa” which stain the image of the country.

09/05/2015

Microsoft to stop producing Windows versions. http://bignews1.com/article.php?art_id=41325&PHPSESSID=99c0cafa84b8b0f84441674f21eec78e

Jerry Nixon, a Microsoft development executive, said in a conference speech this week that Windows 10 would be the "last version" of the dominant desktop software.