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O.J. Simpson Asks For Prison Release

Disgraced former American football star O. J. Simpson argued for his release from prison on Thursday after serving...

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O.J. Simpson Expected To Be Granted Parole

Disgraced American football star O. J. Simpson -- who was acquitted of murdering his ex-wife and her friend, but jailed...

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Parents of US Reporter Missing In Syria Urge Captors To Reach Out

The parents of Austin Tice, a freelance reporter who went missing in Syria nearly five years ago, urged their son's...

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Riots, Strikes As India Rape Accused Killed In Custody

A man accused of the gang rape and murder of a girl in northern India has been killed in police custody, an official...

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O.J. Simpson Fate In Hands of Parole Board

Nine years after being sent to prison for armed robbery, fallen American idol O. J. Simpson is to find out whether he...

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Ghana Is Not A Safe Place

Let me begin this with a confession. After the admonition to diasporans to “stop whining”, I have taken to thinking...

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Expect Strong Evidence To Nail Corrupt Officials

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has indicated that his government is in the process of building water-tight...

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Philippines Puts Big Casinos On Money-Laundering Watch

The Philippines said Wednesday it would monitor large transactions at casinos to curb money-laundering, after proceeds...

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Tema Court Shooting Was To Maintain Order – Prisons Service

A shooting incident that occurred at the Tema court on Monday morning was to separate a fight between two convicts, the...

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Parole Board To Decide O.J. Simpson Fate

Former American football star O. J. Simpson has spent nearly nine years in prison. Not for the grisly 1994 murders of...

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E/R Security Agencies Trained In Fighting Drug Trafficking

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, has organized a two weeks basic drugs workshop for law enforcement...

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Cameroon Army Vessel Capsizes At Sea, Dozens Missing

A Cameroon army vessel transporting "dozens" of troops from the elite Rapid Intervention Brigade capsized on Sunday off...

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‘Central Region, Root of Child Trafficking In Ghana’

Central Region has been identified as the root or source of all child and human trafficking activities in the country....

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Spate of Crime In Wa – A Trend That Needs Desperate Solution [Article]

One doesn’t need statistics from an empirical research to identify with the spate of crime in the Wa Municipality. In...

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Man Arrested Over Brutal Rape, Murder of Indian Schoolgirl

Indian police Thursday arrested a key suspect in the gang rape and murder of a teenage girl near the hill resort of...

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Vietnamese Hostage Killed In Philippine Clash

A Vietnamese sailor being held hostage by Islamist gunmen in the southern Philippines was killed during a gunbattle...

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Gender Ministry Internsifies Fight Against Human Trafficking

Government has allocated some 1.5million Cedis to the human trafficking secretariat under the Ministry of Gender,...

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Gov’t Clears Prisons Service To Recruit 1,000 Officers

Government has given approval to the Ghana Prison Service to recruit 1,000 prison officers to enhance its performance...

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Singapore Urged To Halt Malaysian Drug Convict’s Execution

Human rights activists have urged Singapore to halt the looming execution of a Malaysian drug trafficker, citing a...