LivemintUS warns against toothpaste bombs on Russian flights as Games beginSouth China Morning PostThe US government has warned American and foreign airlines that terrorists could try to hide explosives in toothpaste tubes on Russia-bound flights. An official said it had information "specifically targeting flights to Russia", where the Winter Olympics will ...Sochi Olympic events begin as security concerns growCBC.caShort History of Toothpaste BombsDaily BeastToothpaste terrorism: US hypes up safety concerns for passengersThe Voice of RussiaScottish Daily Record -Fox News -NHL.comall 507 news articles »

Three tonnes of confiscated ivory worth more than $6m (£3.7m) is publicly destroyed in France to raise international pressure against elephant poaching.

Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye has stepped down from the National Chairmanship race of the New Patriotic Party (NPP)

Economic TimesSony offloads PC unit to private equityThe AustralianSONY is taking one of its boldest steps yet to revive its fortunes, with talks to sell its Vaio personal computer business to a Japanese private equity fund. Yet industry watchers say the move, though welcome, should have been made years ago and still leaves ...Sony sells VAIO; to cut 5000 jobs globally including IndiaBusiness StandardSony presses fast-forward on restructuringFinancial TimesSony shows the PC business has become expendableCNETFox Business -The Japan News -The Independentall 344 news articles »

ForbesFirst Amputee Has Touch Restored With Bionic HandForbesThe researchers at the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EFPL) in Switzerland and the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (SSSA) recently developed a completely new sensory feedback channel which allowed a Danish 36 year-old amputee, Dennis ...Bionic hand that can 'feel'BBC NewsBionic hand allows patient to feel objects in real timeBusiness StandardFirst man/machine nerve grafts restore amputee's sense of touchRegisterIrish Independent -Washington Post -The Times (subscription)all 310 news articles »

Sierra Leone striker Ibrahim Teteh Bangura says joining Swedish club AIK on loan from Bursaspor is the right move.

Naana Mreceiving the items. arfo being assisted by PTA chairman in Kente cloth and former headmaster (left) in the receiving the items. THE 2005 National Best Teacher and Headmistress of Bomaa Senior High School (BOSS) in the Tano North District of Brong Ahafo Region, Doris Nana Marfo, has charged indigenes of Bomaa to help the […]

Alhaji Amidu Sulemani A joint committee of Education and Roads and Highways in Parliament yesterday met the Minister of Roads and Highways, Amin Amidu Sulemani, and some officials of the ministry over the controversial GH¢3 road toll being charged by authorities of the University of Ghana on the university roads. The issue attracted parliamentary attention […]

Demolitions are far from over in the Greater Accra Region. They have made disturbing headlines in the past few weeks, the most prominent being the Adjei Kojo debacle which continues to resonate across important political and social circles. The exercise has unleashed on the country her first set of internally-displaced persons whose plight remains uncertain, […]

Vancouver SunTwitter posts surprise profit but user growth scares StreetUSA TODAYTwitter earned 2 cents per share on revenue of $243 million in its fourth quarter. Analysts were looking for a loss of 2 cents on sales of $218 million. Last year Twitter posted sales of $112 million in its fourth quarter. As for details, average monthly active users ...Cowen Keeps Twitter (TWTR) at Underperform; No Surprise Here: User ...StreetInsider.com (subscription)Twitter Ends 2013 With A Surprise ProfitNASDAQDeutsche Bank accentuates Twitter's 'potential' positives as UBS downgradesMarketWatchTheStreet.com -Zacks.com -Broadway Worldall 670 news articles »

President John Dramani Mahama says Ghana is looking forward to an exciting 2014 in which the pace of economic development and prosperity will be quickened

Tony Aidoo, Victor Smith and Cadman Mills President John Dramani Mahama has finally assigned some of his Ambassador-designates their duty posts abroad, DAILY GUIDE has learnt. Chief among them is former Director of Monitoring and Evaluation at the Presidency, Dr Tony Aidoo, who recently criticized Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams for his spiritual intervention for the falling […]

THE CHIEF of Kojo Boffour, near Yeji, Nana Dr Agyare Boffour, has chided the Brong Ahafo Regional Minister, Paul Evans Aidoo, describing him as a heartless man who has no feelings for his people. According to the chief, the Regional Minister had shown no concern about the killings that took place in the Kojo Boffour […]

Baffuor Asabre Kogyawoasu Ababio III, Nsumankwahene of Asanteman HEAD of the Nsumankwa (spiritual) division of Asanteman, Baffuor Asabre Kogyawoasu Ababio III, has stated that the faceless people behind the Asantehene death rumour will be dealt with severely by the gods of Asanteman. The head of spiritualists in the Asante Kingdom said Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, […]

Hassan Ayariga, the 2012 Presidential Candidate of the People’s National Convention (PNC) and his aide, Akane Adam are trading accusations over the whereabouts of GH¢1.6 million meant for the 2012 election campaign. Akane Adam is said to be leading a group of party activists called Convention Forum to get the executives to account for the […]

Rt. Rev Stephen Richard Bosomtwi-Ayensu has probably become the most popular person on airwaves of socio-political discourse since the past week, given his rather strong criticism of the policies of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC). The backlash on him by sympathizers of the government has been merciless, as he is accused of being a […]

Kofi Asamoah, TUC Boss The General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), Kofi Asamoah, has sounded the alarm bell, stating emphatically that things are getting out of hand as the economic hardship bites harder. The TUC is, therefore, calling for urgent intervention to save the situation, indicating that workers have come to their tether […]

San Francisco ChronicleDraghi Says ECB Ready to Take Decisive Action If NecessaryBusinessweekEuropean Central Bank President Mario Draghi reiterated that the bank will take action if the outlook for inflation worsens or money-market turbulence resumes. “We remain firmly determined to maintain the high degree of monetary accommodation and to take ...ECB statement after February policy meetingReutersEuropean Central Bank Holds Interest Rate at 0.25%New York TimesECB Resists Call for Rate CutWall Street JournalCNNMoney -Straits Times -Reuters UKall 772 news articles »