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				<title>Ghana's oil to propel economy but inflation a worry.....Reuters</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Ghana%27s+oil+to+propel+economy+but+inflation+a+worry</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Oil production will help Ghana's economic growth nearly triple in 2011, and the new revenue flows will narrow both current account and fiscal deficits, a Reuters survey showed on Thursday.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:02:11 CDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Chad bans use of Land Cruisers.....</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Chad+bans+use+of+Land+Cruisers</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Chad's Public Security Minister, Ahmat Mahamat Bashir, has banned the use of Land Cruiser pick-ups and reserved them "exclusively for military use," in a press statement on Tuesday following their frequent use by rebel forces to oppose the government of President Idriss Deby.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:12:36 CDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Nana, Alan should pair for 2012 polls.....myjoyonline</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Nana%2C+Alan+should+pair+for+2012+polls</link>
				<description><![CDATA[A founding member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ashanti Region, Nana Kwabena Adomako, has suggested to Nana Akufo-Addo and Mr Alan Kyerematen to consider choosing each other as running mates when any of them emerges as the party's flag bearer for the 2012 presidential election. ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 07:38:36 CDT</pubDate>
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				<title>2 grabbed for child trafficking.....myjoyonline</title>
				
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				<description><![CDATA[Two persons have been arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle children of various ages from communities in the Upper East region to parts of the southern sector.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:03:59 CDT</pubDate>
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				<title>NPP blew $10m over policy and evaluation.....myjoyonline</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=NPP+blew+%2410m+over+policy+and+evaluation</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Head of Policy, Monitoring and Evaluation team at the presidency, Dr Tony Aidoo has accused the erstwhile New Patriotic Party of misappropriating $10 million being cash for the establishment of a database and policy evaluation outfit.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:25:34 CDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Alarm blows over FPSO Kwame Nkrumah Contract; Tsikata ‘grabs’ $5m deal.....myjoyonline</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Alarm+blows+over+FPSO+Kwame+Nkrumah+Contract%3B+Tsikata+%E2%80%98grabs%E2%80%99+%245m+deal</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the World Bank (WB) are investigating the role purportedly played by Strategic Oil and Gas Resources Ltd. (SOG), a company 50% owned by Mr. Tsatsu Tsikata, former Chief Executive of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), in the award of the FPSO contract by Tullow to MODEC in July 2008. ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 07:14:48 CDT</pubDate>
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				<title>AU nations to boost Somalia force.....Al Jazeera</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=AU+nations+to+boost+Somalia+force</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Guinea and Djibouti are planning to send troops to bolster an African Union (AU) peacekeeping force charged with protecting the transitional government in Somalia, the AU has said.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:40:19 CDT</pubDate>
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				<title>President Mills Leaves For AU Summit In Kampala.....</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=President+Mills+Leaves+For+AU+Summit+In+Kampala</link>
				<description><![CDATA[President John Evans Atta Mills leaves Accra tomorrow, Saturday, July 24, 2010, for Kampala, Uganda, to attend the 15th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU), which takes place between 25th and 27th July, 2010.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:33:56 CDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Irate NDC youth siezed cars because they were ignored again.....Modern Ghana.com</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Irate+NDC+youth+siezed+cars+because+they+were+ignored+again</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Describing the act as “unfortunate”, Alhaji Omar said the activities by the youth is borne out of frustration.
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				<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:19:02 CDT</pubDate>
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				<title>God has annointed me to lead NPP -Alan.....Modern Ghana.com</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=God+has+annointed+me+to+lead+NPP+-Alan</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Mr. Alan Kojo Kyeremateng, One of the five New Patriotic Party (NPP) aspirants, John Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, says he is a vessel through which God wants to use to save the party from opposition, and the country from its economic woes.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:06:41 CDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Police declare war on journalists.....Modern Ghana.com</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Police+declare+war+on+journalists</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Journalists in Ghana had enjoyed some level of serenity in the execution of their professional duties without fear of intimidation, until the police in recent days 'resurrected' and began the implementation ofÂ  a 'dormant' law in the statutory books, thatÂ  could be misapplied toÂ  endanger press freedom. ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:57:00 CDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Obama says USDA jumped the gun on Sherrod ouster.....Reuters</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Obama+says+USDA+jumped+the+gun+on+Sherrod+ouster</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack rushed to judgment when he dismissed a former government official over racism allegations, U.S. President Barack Obama said in an interview on Thursday.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:17:59 CDT</pubDate>
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				<title>GNPC Outdoors ‘Secret Strategy’.....Ghanaweb</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=GNPC+Outdoors+%E2%80%98Secret+Strategy%E2%80%99</link>
				<description><![CDATA[…To Outwit Prez. Mills, Kosmos & ExxonMobil 
While The Chinese Wait In The Wings After Collapse Of BP/‘Dream Team’ Deal. September 1, 2010 Is Target Date!]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:51:26 CDT</pubDate>
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				<title>U.N. funding called vital for war-torn Somalia.....CNN</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=U.N.+funding+called+vital+for+war-torn+Somalia</link>
				<description><![CDATA[United Nations (CNN) -- Somalia is "one of the world's most complicated humanitarian crises," with 40 percent of the population relying on United Nations aid for survival, the U.N.'s envoy to the troubled African nation told the Security Council Wednesday.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:13:23 CDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Archbishop Desmond Tutu 'to withdraw from public life'.....BBC</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Archbishop+Desmond+Tutu+%27to+withdraw+from+public+life%27</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu has announced he is to withdraw from public life.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:04:55 CDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Save me: I’m being forced into marriage.....</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Save+me%3A+I%E2%80%99m+being+forced+into+marriage</link>
				<description><![CDATA[A 16-year–old pupil of Yeji Methodist Junior High School, Juliana Kamanya, has appealed to human rights organisations to intervene and stop her parents from forcing her into early marriage.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 06:39:41 CDT</pubDate>
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				<title>GJA Meets Minister Over Ato Kwamena's Arrest.....Modern Ghana.com</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=GJA+Meets+Minister+Over+Ato+Kwamena%27s+Arrest</link>
				<description><![CDATA[THE NATIONAL Executive of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has met the Minister of Information, John Tia Akologu, to discuss the matter in which an Acting Editor of Joy FM, Ato Kwamena Dadzie, stands accused for “publication of false news with intent to cause fear and alarm to the public” under Section 208 of the Criminal Code 1960. ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 06:20:57 CDT</pubDate>
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				<title>NPP Warns NDC Over STX Korean Deal.....Modern Ghana.com</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=NPP+Warns+NDC+Over+STX+Korean+Deal</link>
				<description><![CDATA[THE New Patriotic Party (NPP) Members of Parliament have served a strong notice to the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) that they would not be stampeded to approve the controversial STX Korea agreement, insisting serious due diligence was needed to clean up the 'stinky' deal. ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 06:04:54 CDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Boy, 9, hangs himself.....Daily Guide Ghana</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=Boy%2C+9%2C+hangs+himself</link>
				<description><![CDATA[A 9-year-old boy, Gideon Owusu, has taken the Amoamo community in the Bekwai Municipality in the Ashanti Region by surprise and hit his mother with a suicide at a nearby bush. ]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:25:43 CDT</pubDate>
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				<title>North Korea anger at US-South Korea war games.....BBC</title>
				
				<link>http://www.afrikaspeaks.com/news.php?cat=General&amp;title=North+Korea+anger+at+US-South+Korea+war+games</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The US and South Korea's plans to hold joint military exercises pose a major danger to the region, Pyongyang says.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 04:35:54 CDT</pubDate>
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