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Former U.S. Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders told CNN Sunday she supports legalizing marijuana. The trend-setting state of California is voting next month on a ballot initiative to legalize pot, also known as Proposition 19. The measure…

A new ranking of the nation's 400 biggest charities shows donations dropped by 11 percent overall last year as the Great Recession ended — the worst decline in 20 years since the Chronicle of Philanthropy began keeping a tally. The…

The Pentagon said on Sunday it had a 120-member team prepared to review a massive leak of as many as 500,000 Iraq war documents, which are expected to be released by the WikiLeaks website sometime this month. Pentagon spokesman Col. Dave…

The Petroleum Exploration and Production Bill and Petroleum Revenue Management Bill would be passed before the budget for 2011 would be read in November, this year. Mr Cletus Avoka, Majority Leader in Parliament,  said when Parliament…

Mr Kwesi Ahwoi, Minister of Food Agriculture, noted at the weekend that although the country is self-sufficient in the production of staple foods it is deficient in the cultivation of cereals. "We produce 35 per cent of our rice…

Mr Alban Bagbin, Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing, at the weekend noted that surface mining in the Western Region is wrecking havoc on water bodies. Addressing a stakeholders meeting in the water and sanitation sector in…

Most Reverend Charles Palmer-Buckle, Archbishop of Accra Catholic Diocese has deplored the lavish spending on funerals by Ghanaians, which he said deprive descendants of the deceased the badly needed resources they need. He observed that…

The Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCO) has reiterated its call on the public to desist from encroaching on its lands and facilities since they can endanger their lives in the process. Mr Charles Darku, Chief Executive Officer of GRIDCO who made…

Professor George Hagan, former Chairman of the National Commission on Culture, has underscored the need for Ghanaians to change their mind set about witchcraft. Witchcraft, he explained, is the belief in the internal logic of African…

Nana Kwesi Agyemang IX, Omanhene of Lower-Dixcove in the Western Region, appealed to Government to build sea defence wall to prevent disaster in the area. He said the sea had eroded private buildings, schools, churches and markets,…