Just when you thought it was all over, the whole la scandale de Kevin Clash has now raised its ugly head again. When we last heard about the whole affair, Kevin Clash's accuser, who has been identified as Sheldon Stephens, a 24 year old model with a previous criminal record, recanted his story last week that he had been involved in an inappropriate sexual reationship with Clash when he was a underage minor. He released a statement that both of them had been involved in a relationship but when they were both adults, though of course, Clash is more than twice the age of Stephens. But now once again there's been a turn of events. Stephens today has...

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The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has reaffirmed its commitment to ensuring that the December 7 polls is peaceful and credible.

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Mr Hassan Yenus, Brong-Ahafo Regional Youth Organiser of the National Democratic Party (NDP) on Monday said it will be his wish to see Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) win the presidential race on December 7th.

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A federal judge ruled Monday night that the Hobby Lobby craft store chain must offer its 13,000 employees contraceptive coverage without a co-pay, as mandated by Obamacare. Hobby Lobby sued to deny such coverage in September, citing conservative evangelical owner David Green's personal religious objections to certain types of birth control that fall under Obamacare's [...]

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Alex reports updated.

Mortar shelling from Rwanda on the perimeter of Goma airport erupted

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NPP Member of Parliament for Abuakwa South, Samuel Atta Akyea has condemned what he says is an attempt by the ruling NDC to portray his presidential candidate as a warmonger.

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The Northern Region executives of the People’s National Convention are demanding the dismissal of the youth organizer for endorsing the New Patriotic Party flagbearer Nana Akufo-Addo.

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Surrogates of the two leading political parties in Ghana- the ruling National Democratic Congress and the opposition New Patriotic Party are critiquing the Curriculum Vitae of their opponents and raising issues about fraud and lack of commitment to fighting corruption against each others presidential candidates.

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This Wednesday, November 21 at 9PM E/P, Investigation Discovery Films will premiere My Brother The Serial Killer, a feature-length documentary on serial killer Glen Rogers, whose family claims he murdered more than 70 people. Among his many victims, the film explores claims that Rogers was responsible for the deaths of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman; apparently, he bragged about all the people he killed, all over the country, including Simpson and Goldman. From Discovery: Receipts show that Glen was working as a housepainter in L.A. in 1994, and family members claimed Glen told them that he was working for Nicole Brown Simpson, and that he said she was rich and...

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As part of their foreclosure fraud settlement with the federal government and state attorneys general, five of Wall Street's biggest banks were required to provide billions of dollars in relief to homeowners. After months of lagging, the banks have finally started: according to a report from the settlement watchdog, the banks have provided $26 billion [...]

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Prior to founding the Darfur Awareness Club at Clemson University in 2010, I spent an extensive amount of time researching various organizations' work for the victims of Darfur. After discovering the Darfur Dream Team Sister Schools Program through a friend who knew of the Enough Project's work, I knew I had found a match and immediately signed Clemson University up to become a Sister School.

The two main goals of the Darfur Awareness Club are to raise funds and awareness. To raise money for our sister school, Aboutalib B in Goz Amer refugee camp, we have sold bracelets to students and faculty, held late night bake sales in downtown Clemson, SC, and paired up with local restaurants for fundraising events. Recently, we held our largest awareness-raising event when another club member, ...

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The Omidyar Network, DFID and Wired Magazine hosted an event in London last week, titled "Open Up". It brought together pioneering organizations in the open government space for a conversation about what was, and what wasn't working in using information technologies to make governments more inclusive and transparent. Some of the most exciting organizations aren't [...]

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Even though Egypt's new president hails from the same Muslim Brotherhood as Hamas, it's still all eyes on Cairo to prevent an escalation of the military operations between Israel and Gaza. But is it Hamas that has leverage over Egyptian authorities or the other way around?

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Government obsession with establishing a national airline continues. Tourism D Minister David Phiri says the tourism sector would not progress without one :

The question of connectivity is a central factor in the development of Zambia's tourism sector. This can only come about where there is a viable national airline. There is consensus in both Government and industry that Zambia needs a viable national airline..

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Even though Egypt's new president hails from the same Muslim Brotherhood as Hamas, it's still all eyes on Cairo to prevent an escalation of the military operations between Israel and Gaza. But is it Hamas that has leverage over Egyptian authorities or the other way around?

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We begin in Israel and Gaza, where we are seeing the fiercest fighting in four years. Israeli air strikes have been raining down on the coastal strip, and militants in Gaza have been firing hundreds of rockets across the border. Next, we take a look at the social media war being played out between the two sides. Finally, we take you to Lebanon for a look at the radical sheik whose war-like messages are being increasingly well received by disaffected Sunnis.

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We begin in Israel and Gaza, where we are seeing the fiercest fighting in four years. Israeli air strikes have been raining down on the coastal strip, and militants in Gaza have been firing hundreds of rockets across the border. Next, we take a look at the social media war being played out between the two sides. Finally, we take you to Lebanon for a look at the radical sheik whose war-like messages are being increasingly well received by disaffected Sunnis.

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We begin in Israel and Gaza, where we are seeing the fiercest fighting in four years. Israeli air strikes have been raining down on the coastal strip, and militants in Gaza have been firing hundreds of rockets across the border. Next, we take a look at the social media war being played out between the two sides. Finally, we take you to Lebanon for a look at the radical sheik whose war-like messages are being increasingly well received by disaffected Sunnis.

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We begin in Israel and Gaza, where we are seeing the fiercest fighting in four years. Israeli air strikes have been raining down on the coastal strip, and militants in Gaza have been firing hundreds of rockets across the border. Next, we take a look at the social media war being played out between the two sides. Finally, we take you to Lebanon for a look at the radical sheik whose war-like messages are being increasingly well received by disaffected Sunnis.

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We begin in Israel and Gaza, where we are seeing the fiercest fighting in four years. Israeli air strikes have been raining down on the coastal strip, and militants in Gaza have been firing hundreds of rockets across the border. Next, we take a look at the social media war being played out between the two sides. Finally, we take you to Lebanon for a look at the radical sheik whose war-like messages are being increasingly well received by disaffected Sunnis.

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